Overview
- Bridge officials report four deaths in 2025 after eight in 2024, including a seven-month stretch without a suicide and one death recorded in January 2026.
- The decline amounts to an 87% drop from pre-net annual averages of about 30 deaths, with zero suicides from June through December 2025.
- Authorities documented 94 successful interventions last year by bridge staff, the California Highway Patrol and bystanders, fewer than in prior peak years.
- The stainless-steel net was completed in early 2024 at a cost of $224 million, backed by federal, state, local and private funds, with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission supporting funding and advocacy.
- Prevention advocates cite strong evidence for means restriction, while some survivors argue the money would be better directed to mental-health services.