Four other pedestrian fatalities have occurred so far this year:

» On Jan. 2 Elizabeth Malland, 48, died when she was struck by a rented Jeep Compass at North Nimitz Highway and Kalihi Street. Police said Malland was walking against the light and was not in a marked crosswalk.

» On Jan. 6 roller skater Sarah Stani­slaw­ski, 28, of Hono­lulu died after crashing into a moving sedan in Maka­kilo on Kikaha Street in an accident that police classify as a pedestrian death.

» On Jan. 6 Nobuo Yoshi­oka, 91, died after he was struck by a Ford Escape near Makiki three days earlier. He was taken to the Queen’s Medical Center in critical condition. It’s unclear whether he was in a crosswalk.

» On Jan. 20 a man described to be in his 70s died after he was struck by a white 2004 four-door Suzuki when he attempted to cross Salt Lake Boulevard near Kahu­apa­ani Street a day earlier. His name has yet to be released from the Medical Examiner’s Office. It’s unknown whether he was in a crosswalk.

Maj. Calvin Tong, head of the Honolulu Police Department’s Traffic Division, recently created a task force to focus on pedestrian safety. The task force has been identifying high-risk locations in each district where pedestrian accidents have occurred, according to Tong.

Officers with the task force monitor the sites and cite those who violate pedestrian safety laws. Chinatown, King Street and Kee­au­moku Street are some of the areas officers have monitored.