Available counts, with gaps and partial years
The available figures do not give a complete total since the full-length temporary fence was installed in September 2018. The police table and later oral updates cover different periods and are shown separately below.
| Year or period | Deaths |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 through June 13 only | 1 |
The table covers January 1, 2015 through June 13, 2021. Pasadena Now quoted then-City Manager Steve Mermell in September 2018 as saying that nine people had died at the bridge in 2017. That difference remains unexplained. The 2018 figure covers time both before and after full-length fencing. The final row is not a full-year 2021 count.
2021 staff report · Police tables · p. 2 Transcribed death and incident tables
| Year or period reported | Deaths reported |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 as of the November 15 meeting | 2 |
Police Lieutenant Brad May reported these figures and distinguished deaths from attempts. Public Works Director Tony Olmos later repeated them and specified that they concerned the bridge.
May’s oral update · go to 00:25:22 Olmos’s clarification · go to 00:56:12
The oral figures and approximate times were previously checked against the official recording. They are not a reconciled annual dataset. The reviewed records include only partial counts for 2021 and 2023 and do not supply counts for 2024–2026. Do not combine these fragments into a complete “since the fence” total, treat missing years as zero, or use the table alone to measure the fence’s effect. Death counts and the report’s separate incident categories should not be added together.