How many times a year does someone jump off the Golden Gate Bridge?

Between 2000 and 2019, the bridge averaged between 30 and 40 suicides per year. It's been a long hard haul, and I'm delighted that the net is going forward and that suicides have decreased, said Bridge Rail Foundation co-founder David Hull.



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