Fatalities

Oakland’s streets are in crisis. Virtually every major road in Oakland is buckling under the weight of numerous, and rapidly increasing, severe injuries and fatalities.

Above: Map of all crashes in Oakland

2025

24 people have died so far traveling on Oakland streets: 6 while walking, 6 while driving, 1 as a passenger, 6 while driving a motorcycle/ATV, 3 while bicycling, 1 while skateboarding, and 1 in a motorized wheelchair.

On November 7th, a 15 year old passenger was killed at 35th Ave and I-580 off-ramp by a speeding driver
On September 26th, a 63 year old Hector Jose Ortega was killed while biking at E 16th St and Miller Ave
On September 19th, a 47 year old driver was killed at International Blvd and 42nd
On September 11th, 90 year old Lai King Wong was killed while walking across Broadway Ave at 8th St
On August 31st, 51 year old Joseph White II was killed while riding his motorcycle at Hegenberger Rd and Hamilton St
On August 16th, 54 year old Hongmei Chen was killed while biking across Shattuck Ave at 51st/52nd St
On July 20th, an ATV driver died at 81st Ave and Olive St
On July 13th, 76 year old Darlene Scalf was killed while walking at Fruitvale Ave and E 27th St
On July 15th, a pedestrian was killed at Bancroft Ave and 44th Ave
On July 9th, a 55 year old Eric Pugaczewski was killed while riding his motorcycle at 5th Ave and E 10th St
On July 7th, 59 year-old Rose Marie Banks was killed while walking at Bancroft Ave and 82th Ave
On June 8th, a 28 year old woman was killed while driving at San Leandro St and 66th Ave
On May 30th, a motorcyclist was killed at MacArthur Blvd and Dimond Ave
On May 29th, 41 year old Markus Colding died while driving at San Leandro St and Blenheim St
On May 28th, 40 year old Marvin Boomer was killed while walking on E 21st near 12th Ave
On May 4th, 49 year-old Elmo Ballard Jr was killed while crossing the street in his wheelchair at San Pablo Ave and 18th St
On April 18th, Jerome Jernigan LaDay was killed while biking at International Blvd and 78th
On March 7th, a motorcylist was killed at W Grand Ave and Poplar St
On February 21st, a driver was killed at San Leandro and 92 Ave
On February 4th, 77 year old Michael Burawoy was killed while walking at Grand Ave and Park View Terrace
On January 26th, a driver was killed at W Grand Ave and Linden St
On January 22nd, a 55 year old man was killed while skateboarding at West MacArthur Blvd at 37th St
On January 18th, a motorcyclist was killed at E 7th St and Fruitvale Ave
On January 1st, a driver died at International Blvd and 38th Ave

2024

30 people died on Oakland streets in 2024: 13 while walking, 6 while bicycling, 5 while driving, 3 as a passenger, 2 while driving a motorcycle, 1 while on a scooter

On November 21st, a 50 year old man was killed while biking at Hegenberger and Baldwin
On August 20th, 17 year old Mardenia Carrillo Lopez was killed while walking at 71st and International Blvd
On July 22nd, 68 year old Steve Bloom was killed while biking at 27th and Broadway
On June 20th, 51 year old James Brown was killed while biking at 105th and Nattress Way
On June 15th, 75 year old Tom was killed while walking at 102nd and International Blvd
On April 8th, a man was killed while walking at 75th, and San Leandro
On April 1st a man was killed while walking at 98th, and San Leandro
On March 25th, a 78 year old man was killed while walking at West Grand Ave and San Pablo Ave
On February 5th, 74 year old Victoriano Contreras Villatoro was killed while walking at International Blvd & 95th Ave
On January 14th, 66 year old Emma Redmon was killed while walking at MacArthur & 90th
On January 9th, 59 year old Kim "Ladybug" was killed while walking at San Pablo & 24th
On January 1st, 23 year old Antoinette Matthews was killed while walking at International Blvd & 42nd Ave

2023

On December 29th, 47 year old Romeo Tadeo Gonzalez Alva was killed while walking at International Blvd & 76th Ave
On December 14th, 24 year old Samrawit Kenno Abbadura was killed while driving at 16th Street and Mandela Parkway
On December 5th, 43 year old Johanna Danielle Hoffman was killed while driving at East 27th Street and Fruitvale Avenue
On December 1st, 34 year old Sergio Dionte Barber Williams was killed while walking at Grand and MLK
On November 18th, 28 year old Christopher Hamilton Bell was killed while walking at 12th St Offramp and 980
On November 15th, 71 year old Fred Hon Lau was killed while walking at International Blvd & 58th Ave
On November 11th, 49 year old Joseph Raymond Vaughan was killed while biking at 98th and Empire
On November 8th, 32 year old Kaleb Albert Makepeace was killed while on their motorcycle at International Blvd & 39th Ave
On October 26th, 42 year old Luciano Carmona-Garcia was killed while walking at International Blvd & High St
On October 15th, 66 year old Julie Melissa Johnson was killed while driving at Fruitvale, and W I-580 onramp
On October 6th, 41 year old Cesar Ramos was killed while walking at Fruitvale near the 37th Avenue
On October 1st, 34 year old Eduardo Benjamin Alcantar was killed while driving at Foothill Boulevard and Church Street
On September 27th, 48 year old Guadalupe Briones Mendez was killed while walking across International Blvd at 54th Ave
On September 26th, 72 year old Mali Delaney was killed while walking to the bus stop at Seminary & Outlook
On September 23rd, 67 year old Vera Hampton was killed while driving at 73rd Ave & Holly St
On September 23rd, 64 year old Derrick Shaw was killed while driving at 73rd Ave & Holly St
On September 16th, a 26 year old man was killed while on their scooter at 90th Ave & Plymouth St
On September 8th, 67 year old Richard “Ricky” Douglas Burnett was killed while walking at International Blvd & 92nd Ave
On August 6th, 4 year old Maia Correia was killed while biking at Lakeshore & Hanover
On July 12th, 61 year old Ricky Bryant was killed while biking at International Blvd & 29th
On July 5th, 20 year old Oprah Cooper was killed while walking at 85th & San Leandro
On July 4th, 94 year old Fung Cheung Chu was killed while driving at 45th Ave & Bancroft Ave
On July 1st, 44 year old Terrence Rashaun Evans was killed while on their motorcycle at 16th Street and 90th Ave
On June 23rd, 39 year old Troy Jermaine Lee was killed while driving at International Blvd & Miller
On June 17th, 73 year old Santu Maya was killed while crossing Foothill Boulevard in the crosswalk at Vicksburg Avenue
On June 3rd, 63 year old Joseph James Morehouse was killed while walking at International Blvd & 91st
On May 19th, 45 year old Ubaldo Galicia Espinoza was killed while walking at 35th Ave and E 16th St
On May 17th, 50 year old Charles "Carlos" Emilio Smith was killed while biking at 98th & D
On April 22nd, 51 year old Christopher John Aboudara was killed while driving at Telegraph Ave and 27th St
On April 22nd, 27 year old Jose Ismael Garcia Perez was killed while driving at Joaquin Miller Rd and Skyline Blvd
On March 24th, 79 year old Gordon Devere Jacoby was killed while walking at 35th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard
On March 8th, 23 year old John Dine Jr. was killed while driving at Acacia Ave and Buena Vista Ave
On February 19th, 100 year old Tzu-Ta Ko was killed while walking at Harrison St and 19th St
On January 27th, 46 year old Jose Manuel Reyes Ayala was killed while biking at High St & I580 WB On Ramp
On January 21st, a 31 year old man was killed while walking at International Blvd & 21st Ave

2022

Oaklandside article recognizing all 35 lost to traffic violence on the streets of Oakland in 2022.

On December 24th, a 35 year old man was killed while walking at Martin Luther King Jr Way & San Pablo Ave
On December 21st, an unknown person was killed while driving at MacArthur Blvd & High St
On December 19th, an unknown person was killed while driving at Grizzly Peak & Fish Ranch Rd
On October 27th, an unknown person was killed while driving at 10th Av & E 12th St
On October 16th, an unknown person was killed while driving at 69th Ave & San Leandro St
On October 4th, 27 year old Takiyah Burroughs was killed while trying to cross Hamilton at Hegenberger
On October 1st, 45 year old woman was killed while walking at Foothill Boulevard and Austin Street
On September 15th, an unknown person was killed while on their motorcycle at Northgate Ave & 24th St
On September 2nd, an unknown person was killed while driving at Dennison St & Embarcadero
On August 25th, 31 year old Andrew Tonken was killed while crossing West MacArthur Blvd in the crosswalk at Piedmont Ave
On August 17th, 83 year old Willie Jackson was killed while driving at 14th St and Poplar
On July 24th, a 63 year old man was killed while biking at 14th St and Jackson St
On July 18th, a 60 year old man was killed while walking at Bancroft Ave and 61st
On June 26th, 28 year old Lolomanaia "Lolo" Soakai was killed while standing on the sidewalk on International Blvd at 54th
On June 17th, 42 year old Dmitry Putilov was killed in front of his two sons while biking across 14th St at Jefferson
On June 1st, 73 year old Emelia Martinez was killed while crossing International Blvd in the crosswalk at 16th Ave
On May 27th, 60 year old Jonathan Waters was killed while biking at 55th and Shattuck
On May 22nd, a 63 year old was killed while walking at Bancroft Ave and 62nd Ave
On April 22nd, 91 year old Dao Cheng Zhu was killed while walking at 20th St and Telegraph Ave
On April 8th, an unknown person was killed while walking at I-580 and High St
On March 19th, 55 year old Earl Wesley was killed while walking at International Blvd & 89th Ave
On March 16th, an unknown person was killed while driving at 76th Ave & Rudsale St
On March 10th, 40 year old Joseph Hickman was killed while on their motorcycle at 4th Ave and Foothill Blvd
On March 9th, an unknown person was killed while on their motorcycle at 4th Ave & Foothill Blvd
On March 9th, an unknown person was killed while driving at Lake Park Ave & Walker Ave
On March 8th, an unknown person was killed while on their motorcycle at Baldwin St & Hegenberger Rd
On March 7th, an unknown person was killed while on their motorcycle at Bancroft Ave & Avenal Ave
On March 5th, 61 year old Gwendolyn Carson was killed while walking at International Blvd & 99th Ave
On March 1st, an unknown person was killed while driving at 63rd Ave & Avenal Ave
On February 26th, an unknown person was killed while driving at 85th Ave & B St
On February 17th, an unknown person was killed while driving on the Fruitvale Ave Bridge
On February 15th, a pedestrian was killed while walking at I-580 and Park Blvd
On February 1st, 26 year old Leroy Rodrigues and 17 year old Alejandro Miranda were killed while driving at International Blvd & 79th Ave
On January 22nd, 31 year old Demarco Vierra was killed while attempting to cross Bancroft Ave at 61st
On January 19th, a pedestrian was killed while walking at 75th Ave & Garfield Ave
On January 16th, Joseph Bennett III was killed while driving at Frontage Rd & 7th St

2021

On October 30th, Michelle Marbley was killed while driving at 2200 Foothill Blvd
On October 2nd, 44 year old Wayne Marshall Jr. was killed while driving at 8500 International Blvd
On May 9th, 41 year old Gregory Turnage Jr. was killed while walking at Beaumont Ave and Park Blvd