PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 16, 2024
CONTACT: Jodie Medeiros, Executive Director, Walk SF, jodie@walksf.org, 415.596.1580 (cell)
Pedestrian killed on Bayshore Boulevard marks 23rd this year
San Francisco, Calif. – Walk SF learned from the San Francisco Police Department that a middle-aged male was hit and killed by a police officer on the morning of Saturday, December 14, 2024 on Bayshore Boulevard north of Industrial Street. No additional information is available at this time.
“We grieve for this life cut short, and are keeping the victim’s loved ones close in our hearts,” said Jodie Medeiros, executive director of Walk San Francisco.
Walk San Francisco (Walk SF) and the San Francisco Bay Area Families for Safe Streets (Families for Safe Streets) community are here to support the friends and loved ones of the victim however possible.
“These senseless and preventable tragedies need to end,” said Medeiros. “The circumstances of this tragedy are deeply troubling, especially when traffic safety should be a top priority for City agencies including the SFPD.”
Walk SF has been pushing for more accountability from City agencies in a variety of ways including:
- Asking for agencies including SF Police Department, SFMTA, SF Fire Department, Dept of Public Works, and Dept of Public Health to recommit to Vision Zero, with detailed, public plans for how they will work together to end severe and fatal crashes.
- Asking for City employees to have real consequences for dangerous driving. All City vehicles (except fire and police) have tracking devices that capture speeding and other driving behaviors. City agencies have the data – but they’re not using it.
This is the highest number of pedestrian deaths in a decade in San Francisco, surpassing 2014. There have now been 23 traffic-related pedestrian deaths in San Francisco in 2024, 70% of total traffic-related fatalities are pedestrians. Citywide, an average of 30 people are killed and more than 500 severely injured each year on San Francisco streets.
Bayshore Boulevard is on the city’s “high-injury network”: the 12% of streets where 68% of traffic crashes occur. In the past ten years, there have been three other pedestrian-involved crashes at the intersection of Bayshore and Industrial Street.
Bayshore Boulevard is a six-lane, 78-foot-wide throughway, making it a dangerous area for people walking. The area is largely industrial, but is also near important community amenities like Alemany Farmer’s Market, Thurgood Marshall High School, Willie L. Brown Jr. Middle School, and Silver Terrace Athletic Fields. It also has high volumes of traffic due to its proximity to a freeway interchange between Interstate 280 and U.S. Route 101, with vehicles exiting U.S. Route 101 often traveling through the intersection of Bayshore and Industrial Street.
The intersection where the crash occurred was part of the Bayshore Boulevard Quick-Build Project, which was completed by the SFMTA in 2023. The project included enhanced pedestrian crossings and visibility at key intersections.
In a city where millions of people walk each year, an average of three people are hit each day as pedestrians.
The Pedestrian Deaths So Far in 2024
The first pedestrian death in 2024 was a 63-year-old man on January 31st at Fulton and Arguello. The second was a 31-year-old man, David Bridges Jr., who was hit and killed at 6th and Bryant Street on February 8, 2024 by a hit-and-run driver. The third was a 76-year-old man who was hit crossing Alemany Boulevard at Rousseau Street in the Excelsior neighborhood on February 25, 2024. The fourth was Michael Lukehart, a 41-year-old man who was fatally hit by a driver on March 2, 2024 at the intersection of Golden Gate Avenue and Hyde Street.
The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth deaths were those of Diego Cardoso de Oliveira (40); Matilde Moncado Ramos Pinto (38); Joaquim Ramos Pinto de Oliveira (2); and Cauê Ramos Pinto de Oliveira (3 months), who were hit while waiting at a West Portal bus stop on March 16, 2024.
The ninth death was a man who was hit while crossing Ellis Street near Jones Street on May 23, 2024. The tenth was 41-year-old Miguel Angel Barrera-Cruz, who was killed by a driver at Mission Street and Cortland Avenue in the Mission District. The eleventh was 37-year-old Eric Marshall Quantrell, who was hit by a driver while walking at Van Ness Avenue and Broadway on June 15, 2024. The twelfth was a 43-year-old woman, Amanda Seifert, who was fatally hit at the intersection of Toland Street and Jerrold on June 17, 2024. The thirteenth was a 29-year-old man who was hit by a driver on Harrison Street between 5th and 6th Street, and succumbed to their injuries on July 5, 2024. The fourteenth was a man who was hit on Geneva Avenue near Cayuga on July 11, 2024. The fifteenth was a 61-year-old woman who was fatally hit while crossing at the intersection of Diamond Street and Bosworth Street on August 15, 2024. The sixteenth was a 70-year-old woman who a driver hit on September 12, 2024 at the intersection of Lombard and Laguna Streets, and later succumbed to her injuries. The seventeenth was a 52-year-old man who was hit and killed at the intersection of Lombard and Gough Streets on September 21, 2024. The eighteenth was a 94-year-old man who was hit by a driver on October 2, 2024 at the intersection of Geary Boulevard and 25th Avenue and later succumbed to his injuries. The nineteenth was a 94-year-old man who was hit by a driver on September 30, 2024 at the intersection of Anza Street and 6th Avenue and later succumbed to his injuries. The twentieth was a 70-year-old man, Jose Chow, who was hit and killed by the driver of a large construction vehicle on October 22, 2024, at the intersection of Stanyan and Parnassus Streets. The twenty-first was 35-year-old Jonathan Chase Johnson, who was hit and killed at the intersection of Geary Boulevard and Divisadero Street on October 25, 2024. The twenty-second was 64-year-old Ronald Duncan, who was hit and killed at the intersection of 16th Street and Rondel Place on November 24, 2024.
More Information
San Francisco is currently planning for its second decade of ‘Vision Zero,’ a proactive approach to end severe and fatal traffic crashes that’s been proven successful in many places around the world. Walk SF is working with organizations across the city to push for a more aggressive and comprehensive approach to Vision Zero. Learn more about our vision for the future of Vision Zero.
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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.