PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 25, 2025
CONTACT: Jodie Medeiros, Executive Director, Walk SF, jodie@walksf.org, 415.596.1580; Marta Lindsey, Communications Director, Walk SF, marta@walksf.org, 617.833.7654
Victim of a hit-and-run in Western Addition neighborhood marks the fourth pedestrian death this year
It’s been 115 days since City’s Vision Zero policy expired
San Francisco, Calif. – Walk SF learned from the San Francisco Police Department that a 86-year-old female 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. No additional information is available at this time.
“We are heartbroken to learn of another life lost on our city’s streets,” said Jodie Medeiros, executive director of Walk San Francisco. “Our hearts go out to the victim’s loved ones and community.”
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.
Fillmore Street is on the city’s 2022 “high-injury network” map: the 12% of streets where 68% of traffic crashes occur. There have been two other pedestrian fatalities on Fillmore in the last five years. The intersection of Fillmore and McAllister is near the El Bethel Arms Senior Housing Center, Ella Hill Hutch Community Center, and many religious institutes.
This is the fourth pedestrian death in San Francisco so far this year, and all four victims were seniors. The first was an 81-year-old man 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.
24 people were killed while walking in San Francisco in 2024, the highest number in a decade. A total of 42 people were killed in traffic crashes in San Francisco in 2024, the highest number since 2007.
“Too many people are paying the ultimate price for dangerous streets,” said Medeiros. “And meanwhile, our City has no Vision Zero policy or plan in place. This is unconscionable when traffic safety affects all of us, every day.”
The City’s Vision Zero policy expired last year (115 days ago), and the last interagency action plan for Vision Zero is from 2021. Vision Zero is a data-driven, preventative, and interagency approach and commitment to end severe and fatal traffic crashes.
Walk SF is asking City leaders to act quickly to adopt a new Vision Zero policy and aggressive action plan focused on reducing dangerous speeds, the #1 cause of severe and fatal crashes in San Francisco.
Walk SF, partner organizations, and Supervisor Myrna Melgar are holding a rally on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday, April 29, at noon to demand the City adopt and deliver a bold, new Vision Zero policy and action plan. Learn more.
“City leaders must bring Vision Zero back into focus and end the tragedies on our streets,” said Medeiros. “We all deserve to be safe crossing the street. It’s not too much to ask.”
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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.