{"id":383790,"date":"2025-11-16T21:23:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/383790\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:23:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:23:03","slug":"press-release-victims-of-traffic-violence-advocates-honored-lives-lost-to-traffic-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/383790\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE: Victims of Traffic Violence, Advocates Honored Lives Lost to Traffic Crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE\u00a0RELEASE
<\/strong>
Contact:<\/strong> Aria Grossman, (619) 736-0072, [email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n

Victims of Traffic Violence, Advocates Honored Lives <\/strong>Lost to Traffic Crashes<\/strong><\/p>\n

San Diego, November 16, 2025<\/strong>\u2014 Elected officials, Families for Safe Streets San Diego, and Circulate San Diego gathered today to observe World Day of Remembrance and honor lives lost to traffic crashes. They were joined by community members who dispersed across the San Diego region to place memorial signs at crash sites in honor of the 538 victims who died in traffic crashes in the past two years. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Speakers honored family, friends, and neighbors who were tragically killed in traffic crashes and called on elected officials to support policies and funding to prevent future road deaths.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a cofounder of Families for Safe Streets San Diego \u2014 and as someone who lost my husband in a preventable crash \u2014 I know the devastation behind every statistic,\u201d said Laura Keenan<\/strong>. \u201cAcross San Diego County, 538 lives were taken in two years. In the City of San Diego alone, 146 people were killed on city streets \u2014 excluding freeway locations \u2014 and in Encinitas at least nine more. We are impacted families, and we know these were not accidents; they were failures of design and policy. We have proven tools to prevent these tragedies; what we need is the will to use them. Our leaders must invest in safety proactively, not only after tragedy strikes, so no more families are forced to endure this pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must remember that many of the deaths we commemorate today were preventable,\u201d said Aria Grossman, Policy Manager at Circulate San Diego<\/strong>. \u201cWe know what must be done to prevent future tragedies, and it\u2019s time the City actually make these infrastructure investments and policy changes. A goal of zero road deaths is not enough. It\u2019s time to take bold action.\u201d<\/p>\n

Councilmembers LaCava, Whitburn, and Campillo, and District Attorney Summer Stephan attended the event in a show of support for making San Diego roads safer. Councilmembers also participated in hanging memorial signs to honor San Diegans whose lives were lost too soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we mourn the friends, family, and neighbors that have tragically perished on our roads. As we remember them, we must recommit ourselves to a world where no person feels unsafe simply taking a stroll or bike ride through the neighborhood,\u201d said Councilmember Raul Campillo, San Diego City Council, District 7<\/strong>. \u201cI will continue to prioritize lifesaving investments in road safety across our city in order to achieve that goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

“I’m honored to stand with the families of loved ones lost to traffic violence and our partners at Families for Safe Streets and Circulate San Diego in renewing our commitment to safer streets, said Councilmember Stephen Whitburn, San Diego City Council, District 3.<\/strong> \u201cIn District 3 and across our city, my office remains determined to work hand-in-hand with advocacy groups, community members and law enforcement to stop pedestrian, cyclist and vehicle tragedies before they happen.”<\/p>\n

\u201cToday we honor those whose lives were cut short by preventable collisions and stand with the families who continue to carry unimaginable loss,\u201d said District Attorney, Summer Stephan<\/strong>. \u201cAs District Attorney, I see firsthand the devastating impact of impaired, distracted, and reckless driving. Accountability is essential, but our deeper mission is prevention \u2014 ensuring that no family has to endure another empty seat at the table. I\u2019m grateful for the dedicated advocacy of Families for Safe Streets San Diego, whose courage and leadership are driving meaningful change in our community. Today is a solemn reminder that every decision behind the wheel matters, and that together \u2014 through awareness, enforcement, responsible choices, and strong community partnerships \u2014 we can save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Circulate San Diego, Families for Safe Streets San Diego, and the full Vision Zero Coalition are calling on the Mayor and City Council to support the Coalition\u2019s 2027 budget ask to:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \nFix the Fatal 15 Intersections<\/strong>, where people are most at risk;<\/li>\n
  2. \nPaint curbs red<\/strong> to daylight intersections and improve visibility; and<\/li>\n
  3. \nSlow speeds near school zones<\/strong>, so children can arrive at school safely.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Concerned San Diegans can join the coalition\u2019s call to our elected officials at https:\/\/www.circulatesd.org\/stop_deaths_on_our_streets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    ###<\/p>\n

    \"\"\/
    \n\"\"\/
    \n\"\"\/
    \n\"\"\/
    \n\"\"\/
    \n\"\"\/
    \n\"\"\/
    \n\"\"\/
    \n\"\"\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE\u00a0RELEASEContact: Aria Grossman, (619) 736-0072, [email\u00a0protected] Victims of Traffic Violence, Advocates Honored Lives Lost…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":111582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,52072,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-383790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-public-transit-trolly-san-diego-buss-ride-share-walk-ride-bike","12":"tag-san-diego","13":"tag-sandiego","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115561485281697411","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}