Four people died in traffic crashes on Pasadena streets during the first six months of 2026, putting the city on pace to more than double last year's total.

The Pasadena Department of Transportation and the Pasadena Police Department prepared the figures for the Municipal Services Committee, which is scheduled to hear the data Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 5 p.m. at City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Ave. Transportation Director Joaquin Siques is set to present the update.

Two of the four fatalities involved pedestrians and two involved vehicle occupants, according to Pasadena Now, which first reported the data. The city recorded three fatal collisions during all of 2025 and eight in 2024.

The city has now recorded more fatal collisions in six months than in all of 2025, even as it pursues a goal of zero traffic fatalities by 2035. The Pasadena City Council approved the Focused Local Roadway Safety Action Plan on Oct. 27, 2025. The plan designated safety corridors where state law allows speed limits to drop an additional 5 mph.

A city staff report breaks down fatal collisions by year and participant type. Over a longer window, the city logged nine fatal collisions in 2021, five in 2022, two in 2023, eight in 2024 and three in 2025.

The city has completed several safety projects in recent months. Crews installed curb extensions and widened sidewalks along Allen Avenue between Villa and Walnut streets near the Metro A Line station. They added speed tables on Mountain Street between Raymond and Hill avenues, put in speed humps on Paloma Street and hardened the centerline at Orange Grove Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue.

More work is planned.

Flashing pedestrian crossing signals are slated for Green Street at Chester Avenue and Michigan Avenue. Pedestrian hybrid beacons are planned at Lincoln Avenue and Toolen Place and at Lake Avenue and Elizabeth Street.

On the enforcement side, the Police Department's Traffic Section launched a 30/60/90-day directed enforcement operation in July. Officers focused on locations flagged by collision data, resident complaints and their own observations. Between January and August, police issued 5,563 traffic citations citywide: 4,132 from the Traffic Section and 1,431 from patrol officers.

The committee request for the safety update originated at its Sept. 22 meeting, when Councilmember Rick Cole asked staff for a comprehensive report on street safety and neighborhood speed limits. That request followed concerns Councilmember Tyron Hampton raised about street safety signage.

The data arrives amid a broader debate over Pasadena's approach to street design. Frank Duerr, a board member of Keep Pasadena Moving, urged the city in an Oct. 13 letter published by Pasadena Now to back its street-design decisions with transparent traffic and safety data and to acknowledge tradeoffs rather than rely on emotional appeals.

The Oct. 21 presentation is listed as an informational item. Residents can attend in person or participate remotely through the city's public meeting system.