San Francisco
Traffic Violence

Every 2.89 hours a driver hurts someone in San Francisco with their motor vehicle. In 2024 drivers killed 41 people on our streets.
It's past time to end this madness.
By Stephen Braitsch
Data Updated August 30th, 2025 – 2:44 AM

In 2014, San Francisco instituted a Vision Zero program committing the city to zero traffic related fatalities by 2024. Since San Francisco's Vision Zero program went into effect 11 years ago, 360 people have been killed  and 3,534 have been seriously injured by impatient and distracted drivers on its streets.

According to the San Francisco Department of Public Health, a driver crashes their car AND injures someone with it approximately every 2.89 hours in San Francisco. That is more than 8 times per day, every single day and yet the majority of San Francisco's elected officials refuse to take this public health crisis seriously or even acknowledge when a pedestrian is killed in their district.

As San Francisco continues to lose approximately 40 people to traffic violence each year, it is clear that the city's current approach to Vision Zero isn't working. Instead of spending millions on signs and awareness campaigns that drivers ignore, San Francisco should be investing in infrastructure projects that prioritize pedestrians, force drivers to slow down and make it safer to walk, bike and scoot across the city.

This project is a live dashboard and map that tracks every motor vehicle related fatality on San Francisco's streets and attempts to identify the victims and circumstances surrounding each crash. The goal of this project is to help you work with your elected officials to demand they take immediate and aggressive action to slow our streets and prioritize your family's safety over driver convenience and the expediency of cars.

Motor Vehicle Fatalities by Year

Since San Francisco adopted its Vision Zero program in 2014, 360 people have been killed by traffic violence on its streets. That equates to a traffic related fatality every 11.75 days. The most recent fatality was on July 27th which was about 1 month ago.  San Francisco was due to experience its next traffic related fatality on August 8th which was 22 days ago.  As of today, August 30th, there have been 16 traffic related fatalities so far this year. San Francisco currently averages about 40 traffic related fatalities each year.

Pedestrians
Motorcyclists
Motorists
Bicycles & Scooters

Motor Vehicle Fatalities Running Average

This chart shows San Francisco's current daily running average of traffic fatalities for the year. This is calculated by dividing the number of days since the beginning of the year for each fatality by the number of fatalites recorded by that date, divided by 365. As times passes without a fatality, the daily running average decreases and conversely rises when someone is killed.

Motor Vehicle Injuries by Month

Approximately every 2.89 hours a driver crashes their car and injures someone with it in San Francisco. This chart shows the number of vehicle related injuries by month and the victim's mode of transit.

Crash data is sourced from the San Francisco Department of Public Health who typically publish new data every 3 months. The most recent data available is through July 31st, 2025.

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Motorcyclists
Motorists
Bicycles & Scooters

Motor Vehicle Injuries By Supervisor District

A safe, healthy and equitable city starts and ends with political will. All of the elected officials below have the authority to direct the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to expedite safety improvement projects in their district to protect you and your family. This section tracks the number of vehicle related injuries that have occurred since each elected official has taken office and will soon provide an interactive dashboard that shows how public safety issues in each district are trending over time.

Daniel Lurie
Mayor – San Francisco
Total Injuries
1,858
Injury Every
3.02 Hours
Minor
1,697
Severe
146
Fatal
15
Connie Chan
Supervisor – District 1
Total Injuries
881
Injury Every
1.92 Days
Minor
794
Severe
75
Fatal
12
Stephen Sherrill
Supervisor – District 2
Total Injuries
120
Injury Every
2.13 Days
Minor
107
Severe
13
Fatal
0
Danny Sauter
Supervisor – District 3
Total Injuries
240
Injury Every
23.40 Hours
Minor
220
Severe
19
Fatal
1
Joel Engardio
Supervisor – District 4
Total Injuries
355
Injury Every
2.72 Days
Minor
328
Severe
24
Fatal
3
Bilal Mahmood
Supervisor – District 5
Total Injuries
223
Injury Every
1.05 Days
Minor
198
Severe
24
Fatal
1
Matt Dorsey
Supervisor – District 6
Total Injuries
1,943
Injury Every
14.93 Hours
Minor
1,751
Severe
175
Fatal
17
Myrna Melgar
Supervisor – District 7
Total Injuries
1,030
Injury Every
1.65 Days
Minor
941
Severe
77
Fatal
12
Rafael Mandelman
Supervisor – District 8
Total Injuries
1,714
Injury Every
1.52 Days
Minor
1,540
Severe
163
Fatal
11
Jackie Fielder
Supervisor – District 9
Total Injuries
269
Injury Every
20.88 Hours
Minor
257
Severe
10
Fatal
2
Shamann Walton
Supervisor – District 10
Total Injuries
2,627
Injury Every
22.16 Hours
Minor
2,379
Severe
219
Fatal
29
Chyanne Chen
Supervisor – District 11
Total Injuries
99
Injury Every
2.36 Days
Minor
93
Severe
5
Fatal
1

About This Project

The following resources guided our research and we thank the authors for their work:

Crash data is sourced from the San Francisco Department of Public Health who typically publish new data every 3 months. Traffic Fatalities are added as soon as we learn of them.

This project was designed and developed by Stephen Braitsch with research support from Lindsay Meisel.