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Vision Zero
Data Update
March 7, 2022
Jesse Mintz-Roth (he/him) – Vision Zero Manager
Sgt. Justin Palmer – Police Department
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San Jose Traffic Fatalities: Last 10 Years
33 29
43 42
60 50
46 52
60 49
60 0
10 20
30 40
50 60
70 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2 5
9 16
21 26
35 42
47 48 55 60
10 17 18
0 10
20 30
40 50
60 70
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cumulative Fatalities by Month
2016-2020 Range 2021 2022
1 Up to 3/2/2022
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2021 Injury Crashes by Month
26 48 61 83
119
142
164
189
212
237
258
264
0 50
100
150
200
250
300
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cumulative KSI by Month
2016-2020 Range 2021
205 399
601
825
1082
1354
1589
1877
2109
2409 2638
2686
0 500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cumulative Injuries by Month
2016-2020 Range 2021
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Traffic Fatalities:
17 24
29 21
23 17
18 19 19 19
6 3
7 7
8 6
7 5
2 10
0 5
10 15
20 25
30 35
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Ped Fatalities Auto Fatalities Bike Fatalities Motorcycle Fatalities 2017-2021 by Street User Type
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2021 Traffic Fatalities Trends
23 19 8 10
60 fatalities (58 crashes)
• 29 (48%) - on Priority Safety Corridors
• 7 (12%) - on Monterey Road
• 18 (30%) - Unhoused
• 42 (70%) - in dark hours
• 10 (17%) - motorcycle
• 23 (38%) - people walking 16 (70%) outside of crosswalks • 44 (73%) - male driver
• 18 (30%) - with speeding as a factor
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25 mph
4 (7%)
1 ped, 1 speeding related
30 mph
2 (3%)
1 ped,
1 speeding
related
35 mph
23 (38%)
8 peds
8 speeding
related
40 mph
20 (33%)
10 peds
5 speeding
related
45+ mph
10 (17%)
2 peds,
2 speeding related
Private Property
1 (2%)
1 ped, 1 speeding related
• 53 of 60 fatalities (88%) - on
roadways with a posted speed
limit of 35 mph+
• 18 of 60 fatalities (30%) - due
to speeding
• Speeding is San José’s top
known factor leading to KSIs
2021 Traffic Fatalities: Speeding
Fatality by Posted Speed Limit
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2021 Traffic Fatalities:
On 35 mph+ Posted Speed Corridors
50 46
52 60
49 60
19 17
24 29
21 23
41 35
40 44
37 53
13 15
19 20
15 20
0 10
20 30
40 50
60 70
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Fatality & Fatality on 35 mph+ Corridors
Pedestrian Fatality & Pedestrian Fatality on 35 mph+ Corridors Fatality Pedestrian Fatality Fatality on 35 mph+ Corridors Pedestrian Fatality on 35 mph+ Corridors 6 visionzerosj.org
2022 Traffic Fatalities
Case # Crash Date Mode/
Deceased Age Victim’s Gender
Driver’s
Gender Collision Factor Closest Intersection VZ Corridor District 1 01/2/2022 Pedestrian 45 Male Unknown Pedestrian outside crosswalk White Rd, S of East Hills Dr Y 5 2 01/5/2022 Bicyclist 60 Male Unknown Factor Unknown Queens Ln & Old Bayshore Hwy N 3 3 01/11/2022 Pedestrian 53 Male Female Pedestrian outside crosswalk Curtner Ave, W of Canoas Garden N 6 4 01/12/2022 Driver 67 Male Male Speeding White Rd and Almond Dr N 8 5 01/07/2022 Pedestrian 38 Male Unknown Pedestrian outside crosswalk Senter Road and Capitol Expressway Y 7 6 01/18/2022 Pedestrians 38, 49 Male, Male Male Pedestrian outside crosswalk Almaden Expressway, 100' S of Foxworthy Av Y 9 7 01/20/2022 Bicyclist 20 Male Male Red light running Santa Teresa Bl and Blossom Av N 10 8 01/22/2022 Pedestrian 69 Male Male Speeding N Jackson Av and Mather Dr Y 5 9 01/23/2022 Pedestrian 31 Male Unknown Possible: Speeding/ red light running The Alameda and Newhall St N 6 10 02/02/2022 Pedestrian 63 Female Male Possible: Vision obscured/ pedestrian on roadway IFO 4998 Fontanelle Ct N 2
11 02/05/2022 Driver 27 Female Male Red light running Berryessa Rd and Piedmont Rd N 4 12 02/10/2022 Bicyclist 58 Male Male Possible: red light running Almaden Expressway and Foxworthy Av Y 9 13 02/12/2022 Passenger 38 Male Female DUI White Rd and Castleton Dr N 8 14 02/15/2022 Motorcycle 49 Female Female Possible: speeding/ unsafe turning movement San Tomas Exp and Payne Av N 1
15 02/19/2022 Driver 25 Male Male Speeding Almaden Expressway, S of Coleman Av Y 10 16 02/09/2022 Pedestrian 59 Female Male Pedestrian outside crosswalk Senter Rd, S of Needles Dr Y 7 17 03/02/2022 Pedestrian 68 Male Unknown Possible: speeding White Rd and Sylvan Dr Y 8 7 Up to 3/2/2022
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2022 Traffic Fatalities Trends
10 4 3 1
18 fatalities (17 crashes)
• 9 (50%) - on Priority Safety Corridors
• 3 (17%) - Almaden Ex/Foxworthy (County)
• 4 (22%) - White Rd
• 15 (83%) - in dark hours
• 10 (56%) - people walking 9 (90%) outside of crosswalks • 6 (33%) - with speeding as a possible factor
• 6 (33%) – Hit-and-runs (PD)
Up to 3/2/2022
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Jesse Mintz-Roth (he/him) – Vision Zero Manager
Sgt. Justin Palmer – Police Department
Vision Zero
Data Update