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# Why Vision Zero?
- URL: https://visionzerohfx.ghost.io/why-vision-zero-2/
- Published: 2026-07-07T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-08T12:20:58.000Z
- Author: Vision Zero Kjipuktuk-Halifax
- Tags: Vision Zero, Our Vision

2025 was the [deadliest year](https://cdn.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/city-hall/standing-committees/251023tsc1311.pdf?ref=visionzerohfx.ghost.io) on the roads of Kjipuktuk (Halifax) in a decade, with 20 people confirmed to have been killed as of August 2025\. This is unacceptable. Our elected officials have a moral and legal imperative to act in the public interest with public money and prevent avoidable deaths. 

Most crashes happen on a small number of streets - they are predictable and preventable. Speed, road and vehicle design, and behaviour - not “accidents” - cause injuries and deaths. ***Vision Zero*** means building, redesigning or adapting our streets so mistakes don’t cost lives. ***Vision Zero*** is not “expensive” - it is a cost saving methodology which can prevent multiple levels of costs arising from crashes, car dependency, and personal harm. 

**Our focus:**

Safe Speeds - lower/self enforcing speed limitsSafe streets and design - human-centred street design, for people not just cars

Safe land use - safe neighbourhood design and complete communitiesSafe people - education, community partnerships

Post crash response - learning from collisions and improving emergency care 

Equity - safety needs of children, people with disabilities and seniors a priority

We are calling on our [municipal government](https://www.halifax.ca/?ref=visionzerohfx.ghost.io) to **cut traffic deaths and serious injuries in half by 2030, and stay on track to eliminate them entirely. Help us reach this goal.**