San Francisco has seen a significant increase in pedestrian deaths since 2016, with many blaming the pedestrians themselves, but others suggesting that drivers may be more at fault due to their reckless behavior.

Only five days into 2025, San Francisco has its first pedestrian death of the year. Last Saturday, a driver hit and mortally wounded a pedestrian in SF’s Portola neighborhood. SFPD received a call at about 5:37 PM that someone had been struck by a vehicle at Silver Avenue and Colby

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San Francisco recorded 34 murders in 2024 while pedestrians made up over half of the 41 traffic-related fatalities, highlighting the need for improved pedestrian safety and infrastructure.

On March 16th in West Portal, 78-year-old Mary Fong Lau sped east up Ulloa Street.  Her SUV barrelled past Wawona towards Lenox Way, where a family of four stood waiting for a bus to the zoo. She crossed the painted yellow lines and train tracks embedded in the road and

San Francisco is not the Windy City, nor is it the state’s deadliest for pedestrians (that nefarious award goes to Concord, California). Nevertheless, the City by the Bay contains several spots where strange weather, extreme geography, and a rigid urban grid intersect. Two maps, one of our breeziest streets, the