CORRECTION: The SFPD changed its initial police report. The rider of the e-scooter who hit the 77-year-old pedestrian was not on a Lime scooter.
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 21, 2025
CONTACT: Marta Lindsey, Communications Director, marta@walksf.org, 617.833.7654 (cell)
Pedestrian killed at Market & 6th on July 18 marks the ninth pedestrian death this year
7 of 9 victims have been seniors
San Francisco, Calif. – Walk SF learned from the San Francisco Police Department that on the afternoon of Friday, July 18, a 77-year-old man was hit and killed while crossing Market Street at 6th Street by a person riding an electric scooter. No additional information is available at this time.
“Our hearts break for the victim and his loved ones,” said Marta Lindsey, communications director of Walk San Francisco.
Walk San Francisco (Walk SF) and San Francisco Bay Area Families for Safe Streets (Families for Safe Streets) are here to support the friends and loved ones of the victim however possible. Resources are available at walksf.org/fss.
The location where the crash occurred is 6th and Market Street. Market Street has some of the highest numbers of pedestrians in San Francisco. The intersections along Market Street are very busy – and can be very dangerous. There have been 46 traffic collisions, including 13 pedestrian-related crashes, at the intersection of 6th and Market since the beginning of 2015. The SFMTA recently completed some pedestrian and transit improvements along Market Street between 5th and 8th Streets as part of the Better Market Street project including pedestrian bulb-outs, traffic signal updates, repaved sidewalks, and ADA-compliant curb ramps.
This is the ninth pedestrian death in San Francisco so far this year. Seven of the nine victims were seniors.
The first pedestrian death in 2025 was 81-year-old Charles Bollinger, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver on January 4, 2025 at the intersection of Silver Avenue and Colby Street. The second was a 77-year-old woman who was hit by a driver on January 21, 2025 at the intersection of Carter Street and Geneva Avenue and passed on January 28, 2025. The third was a 77-year-old woman who was hit by a driver on March 14, 2025 at the intersection of Geary Boulevard and 39th Avenue and passed on March 27, 2025. The fourth was 86-year-old Mary Naito, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver on April 21, 2025, at the intersection of Fillmore Street and McAllister Street succumbed to her injuries on April 25, 2025. The fifth was 74-year-old Annabella “Bella” Gabriel Baquera, who was fatally hit by a driver on May 1, 2025, at the intersection of 7th Street and Howard Street. The sixth was a 47-year-old pedestrian who was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver on May 12, 2025 at the intersection of Bayshore Boulevard and Jerrold Avenue. The seventh was a pedestrian who was fatally hit by a driver on May 27, 2025 at the intersection of 10th Street and Folsom Street. The eighth was a 67-year-old pedestrian who was fatally hit by a driver on June 2, 2025, at the intersection of Geary Boulevard and 2nd Avenue.
24 people were killed while walking in San Francisco in 2024, the highest number since 2007. A total of 42 people were killed in traffic crashes in San Francisco in 2024, the highest number in a decade.
“People walking in San Francisco shouldn’t have to worry about being hit by any type of vehicle, whether a car or an e-scooter,” said Lindsey. “Like motor vehicles, electric micro-mobility devices can accelerate quickly to higher speeds which increases the chances and severity of a crash. That’s why it’s so important that individual riders behave safely and micro-mobility companies are taking every action possible to support safe rider behavior.”
Continued Lindsey, “Most of all, we need streets to be designed and enforced to support safe behavior and protect our most vulnerable. We can measure our city’s safety by how safe kids and seniors are. This tragedy shows how far San Francisco has to go with traffic safety and why it needs to be a priority for city leaders.”
Walk SF continues to call out the fact that San Francisco currently has no policy or plan for traffic safety. San Francisco’s Vision Zero commitment – a data-driven, preventative, and interagency approach to end severe and fatal traffic crashes – expired last year. San Francisco’s last interagency action plan for traffic safety is from 2021.
Walk SF is also calling on all shared micromobility companies to improve how they educate and enforce safe driving behavior by riders and the SFMTA to hold them accountable per their permits with the City.
Since shared micromobility companies first arrived in San Francisco, Walk SF has consistently advocated for sufficient regulation and solutions to protect pedestrian safety. Shared micromobility can support a more sustainable and affordable transportation system with fewer trips made by private vehicle.
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Walk San Francisco (‘Walk SF’) advocates for safe streets for everyone who walks, which is everyone. Since our founding in 1998, Walk SF has been leading the way to make San Francisco a pedestrian-first city where people of every age and ability can walk safely. Learn more.
San Francisco Bay Area Families for Safe Streets is a group of people who have been directly affected by traffic crashes, including crash survivors and people whose loved ones have been killed or injured in traffic crashes. Learn more.