Traffic deaths in San Francisco drop by nearly 50% in 2025 compared to previous year

by Alise Maripuu, Bay City News January 2, 2026December 31, 2025

FILE: Pedestrians cross a San Francisco street in front of a Waymo driverless taxi stopped at a traffic light on Feb. 15, 2023. The city's efforts to reduce traffic fatalities appeared to bear fruit in 2025, with only 24 deaths reported compared to 43 in the previous year. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

TRAFFIC FATALITIES in San Francisco dropped by nearly half in 2025 compared to 2024, a decrease that pedestrian advocates say is the result of years of efforts to improve traffic safety.

“This is a culmination of all the policies and traffic initiatives that the city has been doing for the last 10-plus years,” Jodie Medeiros, executive director of Walk San Francisco, said in an interview. Walk SF is an organization that pushes for better street safety for pedestrians in San Francisco.

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Alise Maripuu, Bay City News

Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.

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