Originally Posted by
Mos6502
According to somebody on this forum, 17. I don't know what the source was though.
17 peds killed last year is correct -- 14 by private autos, two by Muni, one by a cyclist. Three cyclists were also killed by motor vehicles, as were eight occupants of vehicles. 27 total fatalities in motor vehicle crashes.
About three peds are struck by cars every day.
WalkSF keeps track of these things:
http://walksf.org/in-the-news/. So does the SFPD, although they sometimes under-count (they missed four dead peds in their first report for 2011).
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Last edited by kalliergo; 05-17-12 at 05:42 PM.
Reason: Forgot to subtract the cyclist-caused fatality from the total.