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Health Department details Vision Zero data: majority of severe injuries clustered on a small share of streets
Summary
Dr. Seth Pardo presented the Vision 0 SF update, reporting that about 75% of severe and fatal traffic injuries occur on roughly 13% of streets, that pedestrians constitute nearly half of fatalities and that policy tools under consideration include street redesign, speed safety cameras and congestion pricing. SFMTA’s Jamie Parks described the need for state action to enable some enforcement tools.
Dr. Seth Pardo, director of the Center for Data Science in the Department of Public Health’s Population Health Division, briefed commissioners May 3 on the city’s Vision 0 strategy and associated data products.
“Seventy‑five percent of all San Francisco severe and fatal traffic injuries occur on 13 percent of our streets,” Pardo said, summarizing the high‑injury network analysis and the department’s equity focus on low‑income communities and communities of color that are disproportionately affected.
Pardo highlighted mode‑specific trends. Pedestrians account for roughly 48…
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