A driver crashed into a residential building in San Francisco's Outer Mission on Thursday afternoon, injuring two people and forcing four or five residents out of their homes. The crash happened around 2:15 p.m. in the 5700 block of Mission Street, tearing into the structure's electrical system and water pipes.
Two people were extricated from the vehicle and transported to a hospital with minor injuries, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The fire department has not released details on what caused the crash. As a precaution, crews shut off gas to the building indefinitely while assessing the damage.
Building Red-Tagged, Residents Connected With Red Cross
The Department of Building Inspection red-tagged the structure after determining it lacked essential utilities, the Chronicle's report notes. Four or five residents were temporarily displaced as a result and have been connected with the Red Cross for assistance. Under the city's arrangement, the landlord is responsible for arranging repairs to the building, and displaced residents may return home once the damage is fixed.
Separate guidance from San Francisco's city government states that a displaced tenant generally has the right to return to a former unit after repairs are completed if that unit was under rent control, though other eligibility requirements would need to be confirmed with the city directly.
Part Of A Pattern Of Vehicle-Into-Building Crashes Across The City
Thursday's crash is one of several vehicle-into-building incidents reported around San Francisco this year. In March, a driver crashed into a commercial building on the 600 block of Jackson Street in Chinatown, injuring two pedestrians, Hoodline previously reported. In May, a solo driver hit two street parklets before crashing into a business on the 400 block of Castro Street and then abandoned the vehicle.
In August, a vehicle struck a building at 17th and Texas streets in Potrero Hill, though details on injuries, the cause and the extent of damage were not immediately available at the time. That stretch of 17th Street sits among the roughly 12 percent of San Francisco streets that account for about 70 percent of the city's severe and fatal traffic collisions, under the city's 2024 High Injury Network dataset. The SFMTA had completed a Quick-Build project on 17th Street in June 2024, adding parking-protected bike lanes, defensive posts and an all-way stop in an effort to curb exactly this kind of crash.
A separate incident in the Mission District saw a San Francisco police vehicle crash into a building at 22nd and Valencia streets around 5:30 p.m., according to KTVU. That crash injured an adult and a child, both of whom were taken to a trauma center with non-life-threatening injuries. These incidents remain separate events, and the available evidence does not establish that they form a verified citywide trend.
