The material in this section is derived from personal conversations, reports, articles and other sources. They are provided for illustration only and are therefore not fully referenced. Users are directed to the reports and articles section to find fully documented results information. Though the number of angle crashes has decreased, there has been an increase in less severe rear-end collisions in the same time frame.
Total crashes are down.
Considering all sites, rear end accidents held steady at most signals and increased at some. Crash reductions noted at two installations. Notable impact of red light camera pilot program may be a citywide reduction in collisions and injuries caused by red light violators. Although statistically it is too early to conclude that efforts to reduce red light running in San Francisco are responsible for this reduction, the future looks promising. Comparing data from the previous five years, there was a 9 percent reduction in injury collisions caused by red light violators in 1997.