Pedestrian in East San Jose fatally struck by driver in city's 1st traffic death of 2025
A pedestrian has died after being struck by a driver in East San Jose late Monday night, in the city's first traffic death of the year.
According to San Jose police, officers were called to the area of Berryessa and Sierra roads shortly after 10:30 p.m. following a report of a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian.
A preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of a 2001 silver Toyota SUV was heading eastbound on Berryessa Road through a green traffic light when he struck the pedestrian, who was crossing southbound on Berryessa just outside of the crosswalk.
The pedestrian was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced deceased. His identity has not been released.
Police said the driver remained at the scene and was cooperative with the investigation.
Monday's fatality follows a deadly 2024 on San Jose roads, with at least 48 traffic deaths reported. Out of those 48 people killed last year, 19 were pedestrians.
A report from city officials last year on the progress towards "Vision Zero", which seeks to eliminate traffic fatalities, shows the city has a long way to go on achieving that goal. Traffic deaths have risen significantly since the start of the 2010s, from 29 in 2010 and 2012 to a record high of 65 in 2022.
Anyone with additional information abou tthe incident is asked to contact Detective O'Brien of the department's Traffic Investigations Unit by emailing 3527@sanjoseca.gov.
