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Vision Zero Action Plan Update High Injury Network (HIN) Development File ID: 2026-00602
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Review, comment, and provide direction on the development of the Vision Zero Action Plan Draft High Injury Network (HIN).
Contact: Charisse Padilla, Transportation Planner, (916) 808-6788, [email protected]; Jennifer Donlon Wyant, Mobility and Sustainability Division Manager, (916) 808-5913, [email protected]; Department of Public Works Presenter: Jennifer Donlon Wyant, Mobility and Sustainability Division Manager, (916) 808-5913, [email protected], Department of Public Works Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Presentation
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: In winter 2025, the City of Sacramento kicked off an update to the 2018 Vision Zero Action Plan. Included in the update is a reevaluation of the High Injury Network (HIN). Since the development of the 2018 Vision Zero Action Plan, a new State law allows cities to not only consider crashes when developing their HIN or “safety corridors” but also give priority to locations with crashes involving vulnerable road users (people walking or bicycling, youth or older adults) and sensitive areas (schools and disadvantaged communities). Staff have conducted community engagement to seek public input on whether or not these additional considerations should be given priority. Staff now seek Council input and direction to develop the updated High Injury Network.
Policy Considerations: The project is consistent with specific Sacramento 2040 General Plan goals and policies of promoting mobility, safety and enhancing livability, sustainability, and economic vitality:
M-4. A safer transportation system.
M-4.1 Application of Safety. The City shall design, plan, and operate streets using complete streets
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principles to ensure the safety and mobility of all users.
M-4.2 Safer Driving Speeds. The City shall work to maximize the safety of the transportation network by designing streets for lower driving speeds and enforcing speed limits in an unbiased manner as well as promoting safer driving behavior.
M-4.3 Vision Zero. The City shall utilize a data driven, “vision zero” approach to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries by 2027, while increasing safety, health, and equitable mobility for all.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): The informational update in this report is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), because it is an administrative activity that does not have a potential for resulting in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, as contemplated by Title 14, California Code of Regulations, Sections 15378(b)(2) and is therefore not subject to CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3).
This informational update is also exempt from CEQA review consistent with CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the update may have a significant effect on the environment.
Sustainability: Identification of the High Injury Network will support investment in improved active transportation, reducing the necessity for trips by automobile and related air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, consistent with the goals outlined in the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and vehicles miles traveled by increasing active mode share citywide to 6% by 2030 and 12% by 2045.
Commission/Committee Action: Staff presented development of the High Injury Network to the Active Transportation Commission at their February 19, 2026, meeting for review and comment.
Rationale for Recommendation: Sacramento continues to rank as one of the cities with the highest number of traffic fatalities per capita in California. The City has made a commitment to address this issue through its Vision Zero program. Development and identification of the High Injury Network is an essential component to addressing transportation safety.
Financial Considerations: Not applicable.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
Background: Previously, the High Injury Network (HIN) described the set of streets in Sacramento with the highest concentration of severe injury and fatal crashes. A new State law allows cities to not
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only use the crash data when developing “safety corridors” or their HIN, but also consider and add priority scoring to locations with crashes involving:
· Vulnerable road users
o People walking
o People bicycling
o Youth
o Older adults
· Sensitive areas
o Schools
o Disadvantaged communities
The additional considerations are not required and if used, a city can choose to include some but not all. For example, a city may choose to consider crashes involving youth and people walking; or may consider crashes near schools and involving older adults.
Additional considerations do not need to be given equal weight. For example, a city may consider crashes involving youth and people walking as the highest priority but give lower priority to crashes in disadvantaged areas and near schools.
Staff conducted community engagement on this topic from January 13, 2026, through February 27, 2026. Engagement included:
· City Express article - January 14, 2026
· Email blasts to over 5,000 people signed up for transportation-related news January 13, January 23, and February 2, 2026
· Presentation to the City’s Active Transportation Commission - February 19, 2026 · In-Person Community Workshop at City College - January 29, 2026 · Virtual Community Workshop - February 4, 2026
· Vision Zero Task Force Community Advisory Committee - January 28, 2026 · La Familia Neighborhood Conversation - February 11, 2026 · Gardenland Northgate Neighborhood Conversation - February 15, 2026 · Grant Union High Improve Your Tomorrow Neighborhood Conversation - February 18, 2026
· Valley Hi Improve Your Tomorrow Neighborhood Conversation - February 19, 2026 · Hmong Youth and Parents United Neighborhood Conversation - February 20, 2026 · Resources for Independent Living Neighborhood Conversation - February 27, 2026
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The City also hosted a community survey that received over 900 responses.
Overall, community engagement found Sacramento’s communities support prioritizing the following in developing the High Injury Network:
· People walking or bicycling
o In-person workshop
o Virtual workshop
o Community survey
o Neighborhood Conversations with Gardenland Northgate Neighborhood Association, Improve Your Tomorrow Valley High and Resources for Independent Living. · People walking or bicycling, youth, older adults
o Neighborhood Conversations with La Familia and Hmong Youth and Parents United (HYPU)
· Youth, older adults and near schools
o In-person workshop
o Neighborhood Conversations with Improve Your Tomorrow Grant High o Community survey
· Disadvantaged communities
o In-person workshop
o Virtual workshop
o Community survey
· People walking, bicycling, youth and older adults as well as crashes near schools and in disadvantaged communities
o Community survey
Staff seek Council direction on the additional considerations and their weight for development of the High Injury Network.
Sacramento
Vision Zero
Action Plan
Update
Jennifer Donlon Wyant
Mobility and Sustainability Division
Public Works
March 17, 2024
High Injury Network
Development
What is Vision Zero?
Vision Zero is our commitment to
eliminating transportation deaths
and serious injuries through
collaborative efforts, infrastructure
improvements, and community
engagement.
What Will the Vision
Zero Action Plan Update
Do?
• Update Collision Data Analysis and
Profiles
• Update to meet State and Federal
standards
• Include expanded community
engagement
• Include implementable
recommendations
2025 2026
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Task 1: Project Management
Task 2: Data Collection
and Analysis
Task 3: Develop
Countermeasures
Task 4: Listening
and Engagement
Task 5: Prioritization
Task 6: Draft and Final Action
Plan
TODAY
Project Schedule
Vision Zero 2018
Actions
Vision Zero Action Plan (2018)
Since 2018…
Since 2018… Continued
Top Ten Vision Zero Corridors
Broadway In design, construction estimated 2026
12th Street Road diet done!
Marysville Blvd In design, have most of the needed
construction funding
Northgate Blvd Plan completed, secured funding for
preliminary engineering and environmental
Stockton Blvd Preliminary design underway as part of the Stockton STEP (Safety and Transit
Enhancement Project) project
Arden Way Won Caltrans planning grant, planning
started
Howe Ave Council adopted the Plan in Feb. 2026
What’s going on now?
• Speed Limit Setting Study
• Street Design Standards Update
• Transportation Safety Response Team
• Collision Dashboard
• AB 413 Daylighting Implementation
Sacramento Crash Snapshot: 2015 – 2024
Injury crashes
22,538
Severe injury or fatal
crashes
1,656
Crashes involved
someone walking
1,941
Crashes involved
someone bicycling
1,966
Sacramento Crash Trends, 2015 - 2024
48% of crashes were in disadvantaged community areas, even though these areas only make up 31% of Sacramento’s roadway network.
High-Injury Network
Development
What is a
High Injury Network?
Streets within the City where there is the greatest opportunity to improve safety.
In the past, streets were evaluated based only on the severity of reported crashes.
New State Law
In addition to identifying streets with the highest
concentration of severe injury and fatal crashes,
we can consider and give additional priority to
locations with crashes:
Involving vulnerable road users
• People walking
• People bicycling
• Youth
• Older adults
In sensitive areas
• Schools
• Disadvantaged communities
Community Engagement
• Online Survey
• In-Person Workshop
• Virtual Workshop
• Neighborhood Conversations
o La Familia
o Gardenland Northgate Neighborhood Association
o Improve Your Tomorrow at Grant High School
o Improve Your Tomorrow at Valley High School
o Hmong Youth and Parents United (HYPU)
o Resources for Independent Living (RIL)
Community Input
• People walking or bicycling
o In-person workshop
o Virtual workshop
o Community survey
o Neighborhood Conversations with GNNA, Valley High and RIL
• People walking or bicycling, youth, older adults
o Neighborhood Conversations with La Familia and HYPU
• Youth, older adults and near schools
o In-person workshop
o Neighborhood Conversations with Grant High
o Community survey
• Disadvantaged communities
o In-person workshop
o Virtual workshop
o Community survey
• People walking, bicycling, youth and older adults as
well as crashes near schools and in disadvantaged
communities
o Community survey
Staff seek Council Input
In addition to identifying streets with the highest
concentration of severe injury and fatal crashes,
we can consider and give additional priority to
locations with crashes:
Involving vulnerable road users
• People walking
• People bicycling
• Youth
• Older adults
In sensitive areas
• Schools
• Disadvantaged communities
Thank you!