So far, 2024 marks the highest number of traffic deaths in San Francisco for the past decade after a woman was struck and killed on the City by the Bay’s Upper Great Highway on Friday.

The woman was struck at approximately 5:43 a.m. near Ulloa Street, the San Francisco Police Department told the San Francisco Gate. She later died of her injuries in a hospital.

Since Friday, San Francisco has recorded 40 traffic deaths and 24 pedestrian deaths this year. This incident marks the highest number of pedestrian fatalities in a single year since 2014, when the city initiated its Vision Zero program, a program aimed at reducing traffic deaths to zero.

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