Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all. First implemented in Sweden in the 1990s, Vision Zero has proved successful across Europe — and now it’s gaining momentum in major American cities.

Vision Zero starts with the belief that no loss of life is acceptable and that all traffic fatalities and severe injuries are preventable.

The Dallas City Council adopted the Vision Zero Resolution in December 2019 and approved an Action Plan on June 8, 2022. The Action Plan commits the City to a goal of zero traffic fatalities and a 50 percent reduction in serious injuries by 2030. Explore the dashboard here.

The Vision Zero dashboard opens on the default filter option “All Modes of Transportation”. The dashboard also has options to filter down to view Motorist, Pedestrian, Motorcyclist, Bicyclist, as well as other modes of transportation via the radio button on the top left of the dashboard. Check out the information button for definitions of these transportation types.

The Vision Zero dashboard opens on the default filter option “All Modes of Transportation”. The dashboard also has options to filter down to view Motorist, Pedestrian, Motorcyclist, Bicyclist, as well as other modes of transportation via the radio button on the top left of the dashboard. Check out the information button for definitions of these transportation types.

The Big Authoritative Numbers (BANS) across the top of the dashboard includes information about the Total Crashes Year to Date (YTD), Fatal Crashes, and Severe Injury Crashes. When you hover over each BAN, you’ll receive more information.

The Modes of Mobility Used graph includes the Fatal and Sever Injury Crash counts by year. If you hover over an icon on the graph, you’ll get the Top 5 Factors that were reported. For more information on the factors, check out the information.

The Time and Day for Fatal and Severe Injury Crashes graph shows crash data broken down by the days of the week and periods of time throughout the day. When you hover over a metric, you get a tooltip with information about the Top 5 Factors as well as breakdown of Fatal and Severe Crashes by Year. Use the icon (i) symbol for more information.

In the City of Dallas, more fatal and severe crashes happen in the early evening hours to midnight. More severe and fatal injuries occur between 6 p.m. and midnight than any other part of the day. Crashes occur most often after 6 p.m., with the highest density of fatal and severe injury crashes occurring from 6-9 p.m.   

The Progression of Fatal and Severe Injury Crashes graph shows the Baseline Average (The official metric for gauging progress towards achieving Vision Zero is a 5-year average number of fatal and severe injury crashes) for Fatal and Severe Injury Crashes. Hover over the information symbol for more information.

2% of all crashes involve motorists who do not wear a seat belt. When you don’t wear a seat belt, you increase your chance of death from less than 1% to over 10%!