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30Apr
‘It’s time’: California leaders unveil biggest crackdown on drunk drivers in decades

It’s been more than four decades yet Rhonda Campbell’s voice still quavered as she stood before a row of television…

21Apr
Obsessed with The Safest Drivers – Andones Killing People

2-year-old girl was walking in the crosswalk at Fourth and Channel streets in Mission Bay – one of San Francisco’s…

31Mar
Traffic deaths surge early in 2026 on Sacramento’s most dangerous roads

It’s been a grim start to the new year, with four more people dying over the weekend in car crashes…

30Mar
After his crash killed a child, the DMV renewed his license – then it hid his records

‘There is either moral culpability or legal liability on them,’ the Placer County DA said, ‘and they are actively seeking…

29Mar
‘We’re Talking About People’s Lives:’ California Lawmakers Grill DMV Director on Deadly Failures

California lawmakers grilled the head of the Department of Motor Vehicles about why dangerous drivers are able to keep their…

28Mar
40,000 people died on California roads. State leaders looked away

‘If these people’s children had been killed by a drunk driver, there is no way they would be objecting to…

27Mar
‘We’re talking about people’s lives:’ California lawmakers grill DMV director on deadly failures

Steve Gordon, director of the California Department of Motor Vehicles, testifies at a joint informational hearing on California’s DUI and…

26Mar
Hit-and-run crashes at highest level in a decade, AAA study finds

Hit-and-run crashes are happening more often across the United States, reaching their highest recorded percentage in recent years, according to…

25Mar
CA’s hit-and-run deaths outpacing national average: report

New research finds that 15% of all vehicle crashes reported to law enforcement in 2023 involved a driver who fled…

24Mar
How we reported on California’s deadly drivers

CalMatters wanted to understand how California handles dangerous drivers. When we began looking into it, we found that while there…

23Mar
License to Kill

The California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways. Too often they…

22Mar
They were convicted of killing with their cars. No one told the California DMV

A CalMatters investigation found that courts didn’t report hundreds of vehicular manslaughter convictions to the state, prompting officials to belatedly…

21Mar
15 DUIs, still driving: California’s failure to take repeat drunk drivers off the road

As alcohol-related roadway deaths spike across the state, a CalMatters investigation finds California has some of the weakest DUI laws…

20Mar
How a speeding ticket can be worse than killing someone with your car in California

A diversion program created by the Legislature in 2020 has allowed some people charged with vehicular manslaughter to keep the…

19Mar
VISION ZERO SAFETY MISSION STRUGGLES IN YEAR 3

Vision Zero is the idea that no one should be die or be seriously injured in a traffic crash.

18Mar
California Car Accident Statistics and Trends 2024

California Car Accidents: The state’s sprawling highways, congested urban streets, and diverse driving conditions contribute to thousands of crashes each year,…

17Mar
The Economic and Societal Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2019(Revised)

This publication is distributed by the U.S. Department of Transportation, NationalHighway Traffic Safety Administration, in the interest of information exchange.The…

16Mar
Sacramento City Council May Declare Emergency Over Traffic Safety

The city faces high and rising injury rates on its roads. The proposal to declare an emergency is appropriate, say…

15Mar
Sacramento didn’t invest much in road safety. It paid $21 million for car crash lawsuits

It’s a bit of a disaster here. It seems we do not learn and the decision-makers keep making dog shit…

14Mar
Car crash death toll climbs as Sacramento pivots to a quicker safety strategy

Sacramento announced a “Vision Zero Transportation Safety Initiative” Wednesday and said the city would shift more focus to rapid street…

13Mar
‘It’s time’: California leaders unveil biggest crackdown on drunk drivers in decades

Anatoly Varfolomeev addresses the media at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento during a press conference where lawmakers announced…

12Mar
Revamping the Roadmap to Safer Streets

The San Francisco Civil Grand Jury (“the Jury”) is a government oversight panel of volunteerswho serve for one year. Each…

11Mar
San Francisco set out to eliminate traffic deaths by 2024. Why has it failed?

Traffic fatality rates in the city remained basically unchanged despite a decade of work to end deaths altogether.

10Mar
Experts say Vision Zero, SF’s failed attempt to eliminate road deaths, has zero vision

A vigil for the family struck by a driver in West Portal in March 2024. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan.

09Mar
The Vision Zero Pledge

The Vision Zero Action Strategy outlines the commitments and actions the City will take to eliminate traffic deaths. We will…

08Mar
Explore: San Francisco’s 2023-25 budget

by Will Jarrett After months of political wrangling and intense number-crunching, the final budget for San Francisco’s coming two years was…

07Mar
Maps & Data

Safety is our top priority Vision Zero SF adopts a data-driven approach to safety, following the models of the San Francisco…

06Mar
San Francisco supervisors sound alarm on economic toll of traffic collisions during rally

A recent report revealed that in the last five years, traffic collisions have cost San Francisco residents a total of…

05Mar
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCOBOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Your office requested that the Budget and Legislative Analyst conduct an analysis of the economic costs and fiscal impact of…

04Mar
Car crashes in S.F. cost billions, report reveals

Budget analyst urges better reporting to inform public and reduce costs

03Mar
Vision Zero Traffic Fatalities: 2024 End of Year Report

Produced by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency,the San Francisco…

01Mar
Why Is California Closing Prisons Now?

California is closing its fifth state prison. Officials point to lower inmate numbers, but the reasons behind the decline are…

A CalMatters investigation found that courts didn’t report hundreds of vehicular manslaughter convictions to the state, prompting officials

The California DMV routinely allows dangerous drivers with horrifying histories to continue to operate on our roadways. Too often they go on to kill. Many keep driving even after they kill. Some go on to kill again.

CalMatters wanted to understand how California handles dangerous drivers. When we began looking into it, we found that while there has been research on infrastructure,