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The city of Livermore aims to create a plan by this summer to reduce and eventually eliminate traffic-related fatalities and severe injuries within the city amid growing concerns about road safety.
Among the concerns is the rising number of injury collisions in Livermore — totaling 195 in 2024, up from 122 injury collisions in 2020, according to city spokesperson Sonia Lee.
The city’s initiative dubbed Vision Zero Action Plan — part of a multi-national safety project — will involve engineering, education and enforcement with an initial focus on addressing “high-injury corridors” where the majority of severe crashes took place during a five-year study period from 2020 to 2024, Lee said.
In an effort to create the plan, city officials are scheduled to host their second relevant community meeting on Wednesday (Jan. 28) alongside a consultant to collect residents’ input on their traffic safety concerns.
As for the role of the initiative, city officials suggested that it will help bolster ongoing safety efforts made through the city’s general and active transportation plans, Lee said.
“The Vision Zero Action Plan builds on this groundwork and is consistent with other efforts the city has already undertaken to improve roadway safety,” she added.
Initially launched internationally in 1997, the city officially began developing a Vision Zero Action Plan in September of 2025 thanks to a $560,000 grant through the federal Safe Streets and Roads for All, according to Lee.
A preliminary analysis of collision data from 2020-24 “demonstrates escalating safety concerns, particularly for vulnerable road users”, Lee told Livermore Vine.
In total, 833 injury collisions were reported in the city from 2020-24, including 57 crashes involving fatalities or severe injuries (KSI), Lee said. Of the KSI collisions, 35% involved pedestrians or bicyclists.
According to the city website, traveling at an unsafe speed and driving under the influence were the primary causes of KSI collisions. Intersections proved especially dangerous with 75% of KSI collisions occurring at crossroads.
Compared to the previous five years, the number of annual KSI collisions was down during 2020-24 — A range of 9 to 17 KSI collisions annually decreased to a range of 8 to 16 KSI collisions annually.
“While we’re encouraged to see a slight decrease in KSI collisions, the Vision Zero Action Plan aims to reduce these numbers even further—with the ultimate goal of reaching zero,” Lee said.
Although not included in a preliminary analysis of the 2020-24 period, Livermore Police Department officials said that five fatalities were recorded last year during four collisions in the city.
Up for immediate remediation in Livermore’s Vision Zero Action Plan are 13 high-injury corridors including Vasco Road from Scenic Avenue to W Gate Drive, First Street from Interstate-580 to P Street, Airway Boulevard from Sutter Street to Kitty Hawk Road, East Avenue from N Mines Road to S Vasco Road and Jack London Boulevard from Discovery Drive to Murrieta Boulevard, Lee said.
The city’s strategy involves supporting the development of a bike network with lanes, creating safe routes to schools and public transportation, considering innovative designs for intersections, promoting public education on safe driving and prioritizing funding for safety and multimodal projects, the city website states.
The plan will also take into account the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Roadway Safety Strategy, according to the city website.
Once complete, the plan will be considered a living document with updates every few years to assess high-injury corridor destinations and strategies to meet the goal of zero KSI, Lee explained. Additional funding will be required to implement the Vision Zero Action Plan.
City officials plan to host the virtual community meeting from 6 – 7 p.m. next Wednesday via Zoom. Sign-on details are available on the city’s website.
In addition to attending a meeting, members of the public can express their concerns about traffic safety online here.
Livermore's 'Vision Zero' plan seeks to eliminate traffic fatalities, severe injuriesJanuary 21, 2026 12:59 pm