• More pedestrians and bicyclists are killed by automobiles than drivers. For 1990-95, 164 pedestrians and 10 bicyclists were killed while only 139 automobile drivers were killed (p. A1-2).
• More people are killed by motor vehicle traffic (436) than are murdered using guns (349). For 1990-1995, 436 people were killed by motor vehicle traffic while only 349 were murdered by guns. (p. A1-2)
• "Motor vehicle-traffic injuries were the leading cause of death among ages 5 to 14, or between among the top three leading causes of death for ages 1 to 24." (p.62)
• "Average years of life lost per death [by motor vehicle] was 44 for males and 37 for females, indicating that death from traffic injuries occurred at relatively younger ages". (p. 62)
• Ischemic heart disease, stroke, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, falls, prostate cancer, nephritis & Nephrosis, and hypertension are directly attributed to physical inactivity. For 1990-1995, 17,900 out of 48,424 deaths of residents of San Francisco were attributed to these diseases associated with physical activity for an average of 2980 people per year. (p.66 & A1-1 & A1-2)

From "San Francisco Burden of Disease and Injury: Mortality Analysis, 1990-1995" by Tomas Aragon, Randy Reiter, and Brian Katcher. San Francisco Department of Public Health. December 1998

For July 1, 1997 - June 30, 1998,

• The motor-vehicle operator was found at fault in 58% of the pedestrian and bicyclist deaths but for those 21 cases, only 3 drivers (14%) were charged with some form of manslaughter and only 3 others (14%) were even cited traffic infractions, meaning that 72% of motorists determined to be at fault of a pedestrian or bicyclists death were not held accountable in any way by the City of San Francisco.
• Male drivers were over-represented in fatal pedestrian collisions representing 70% of the cases where gender was known.
• More than half (58.3 percent) of pedestrian fatalities were reported to be the fault of the motor vehicle operator.

• San Francisco pedestrians have equaled or outnumbered car occupants in traffic fatalities in nine of the past ten years

• In 1998, San Francisco had 32 pedestrian deaths and 987 pedestrian injuries. This gives San Francisco the highest rate of pedestrian deaths and injuries of any county in California by a factor of over 2. (table 1)
• 53.3% of all traffic fatalities in San Francisco in 1998 were pedestrians (32 out of 60 motor vehicle deaths). This is the highest rate of any county in California by almost a factor of two. (table 2)