San Francisco
Traffic Violence

Every 2.89 hours a driver hurts someone in San Francisco with their motor vehicle. In 2024 drivers killed 43 people on our streets.
It's past time to end this madness.
By Stephen Braitsch
Data Updated June 22nd, 2025 – 2:33 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, 359 people have been killed  and 3,473 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, 359 people have been killed by traffic violence on its streets. That equates to a traffic related fatality every 11.52 days. The most recent fatality was on June 2nd which was 20 days ago.  San Francisco was due to experience its next traffic related fatality on June 14th which was 8 days ago.  As of today, June 22nd, there have been 13 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 April 30th, 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
1,039
Injury Every
3.81 Hours
Minor
945
Severe
82
Fatal
12
Connie Chan
Supervisor – District 1
Total Injuries
853
Injury Every
1.91 Days
Minor
772
Severe
70
Fatal
11
Stephen Sherrill
Supervisor – District 2
Total Injuries
71
Injury Every
2.62 Days
Minor
64
Severe
7
Fatal
0
Danny Sauter
Supervisor – District 3
Total Injuries
134
Injury Every
1.23 Days
Minor
124
Severe
9
Fatal
1
Joel Engardio
Supervisor – District 4
Total Injuries
317
Injury Every
2.83 Days
Minor
296
Severe
18
Fatal
3
Bilal Mahmood
Supervisor – District 5
Total Injuries
126
Injury Every
1.31 Days
Minor
110
Severe
14
Fatal
2
Matt Dorsey
Supervisor – District 6
Total Injuries
1,799
Injury Every
15.21 Hours
Minor
1,620
Severe
163
Fatal
16
Myrna Melgar
Supervisor – District 7
Total Injuries
993
Injury Every
1.64 Days
Minor
903
Severe
78
Fatal
12
Rafael Mandelman
Supervisor – District 8
Total Injuries
1,657
Injury Every
1.53 Days
Minor
1,486
Severe
159
Fatal
12
Jackie Fielder
Supervisor – District 9
Total Injuries
167
Injury Every
23.71 Hours
Minor
160
Severe
6
Fatal
1
Shamann Walton
Supervisor – District 10
Total Injuries
2,521
Injury Every
22.44 Hours
Minor
2,277
Severe
215
Fatal
29
Chyanne Chen
Supervisor – District 11
Total Injuries
60
Injury Every
2.75 Days
Minor
55
Severe
4
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.