Benchmarks
The annual reporting of fatal and severe traffic injuries will be the primary benchmark of success in reaching
San Francisco's Vision Zero goal. The following measures are key indicators of progress on Engineering,
Enforcement, Education, Evaluation and Monitoring, and Policy efforts to advance the City’s goal of zero
traffic deaths.
Annual Metrics
Direction of Change
Previously Identified in
Pedestrian or Bicycle Strategy?
Total severe and fatal injuries
Decrease
Yes
Proportion of severe and fatal injuires by Supervisorial District,
Decrease inequities
Yes
GENERAL
transportation mode, by age and in Communities of Concern
Medical costs at SF General Hospital for transportation collisions
Decrease
ENGINEERING
Number of engineering projects implemented, and miles
Increase
Yes
Decrease
Yes
of streets/intersections receiving safety improvements
ENFORCEMENT
Speeds on San Francisco Streets (85th percentile, average, percent
exceeding speed limit)
Citations issued:
a) 50% for Focus on the Five by District
a) Focus on the Five b) per SFPD officer,
b) Increase by 25% per officer based on full
c) by violation type and by police district
staff c) Monitor correlation between primary
violations in severe/fatal injuries and citation
locations /violation types cited.
Investigation and prosecution of vehicular manslaughter
Increase in investigation
EDUCATION
Public awareness of Vision Zero, its principles, underlying safety issues
Increase
and traffic safety laws
POLICY
Policy change made at local and state levels to advance Vision Zero
City and County of San Francisco
Increase
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