The Year of Driving (and Walking) Dangerously!

It was a sad year given the amount of pedestrian fatalities in both San Jose and San Francisco. Both cities experienced high levels of pedestrian fatalities. Stories tell more than numbers alone. The single mother of four hit by a "hit and run" drunk driver, or the hit and run driver who was turned in by her own passengers. In San Jose over one third of the traffic fatalities were attributed to vehicles striking pedestrians.

Of the 42 people killed by a vehicle in San Jose in 2007, 15 were pedestrians (36 percent), according to police. Typically, about 10 percent to 12 percent of an agency's vehicle-related fatalities are pedestrians.

2007 Traffic Fatalities in the South Bay Area
(Includes Bicycle and Pedestrian Casualties)


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A well respected author that I love to read David Halberstam was killed in an accident while in the area for an interview for an upcoming book. Colin Fletcher died due to complications from an accident suffered six years earlier while walking in CarmelValley, CA.