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.

Explore the map below to see the sheer scale of the crisis and join us in honoring the memory of all those lost to traffic violence in Oakland

Above: Map of all crashes in Oakland

2025

  • On February 4th, 77 year old Michael Burawoy was killed while walking at Grand Avenue and Park View Terrace
  • On January 22nd, a 50 year old man was killed while skateboarding at West MacArthur Blvd at 37th St

2024

  • 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