Tag: Traffic Fatalities
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Speed cameras coming to Colorado roadways amid alarming spike in construction zone deaths
The state’s latest effort to crack down on speeding and reduce traffic fatalities comes amid an alarming increase in construction-zone deaths, which nearly doubled in 2024. The Colorado Department of Transportation released preliminary data from 2024 that reflects a roughly 5% decrease in traffic fatalities overall compared to 2023. Continued efforts by CDOT and the…
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Colorado traffic fatalities decrease, but pedestrians and cyclists’ deaths increase
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Colorado saw a notable decrease in overall traffic fatalities last year, but deaths among pedestrians and cyclists increased significantly, state officials reported. Denver’s numbers mirror the trend in pedestrian deaths. Data showed a 6% decrease in traffic fatalities on Colorado roads last year, as compared to 2022, the first decline since 2019, officials said in…
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Rising traffic fatalities spur Aurora’s crackdown on speeding drivers
In a bid to ensure safer roads, Aurora is ramping up its efforts to rein in drivers with a need for speed. On Friday, the Aurora Police Department announced the launch of its photo speed enforcement pilot program. Warnings will be given to violators during the first 30 calendar days of the pilot program, and…
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A deadly year: 745 died in Colorado road crashes in 2022
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Traffic crashes claimed the lives of 745 people last year, the most roadway deaths in Colorado since 1981, said transportation officials, who also lamented that fatalities caused by impaired driving also went up. The traffic fatalities represent a 57% increase from 10 years ago, transportation…
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Deadliest Colorado counties: El Paso, Adams, Denver with most road fatalities in 2022
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Here are the counties with the most road fatalities last year, according to preliminary data crunched by the Colorado Department of Transportation. El Paso — 83 Adams — 82 Denver — 67 Arapahoe — 56 Weld — 53 Jefferson — 46 Pueblo —…
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EDITORIAL: Politicians tell big lies to celebrate pot
Our state’s highest-ranking politicians must think misery loves company. Gov. Jared Polis and Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper rank among the country’s most enthused advocates of marijuana legalization. Sunday marks the 10-year anniversary of Colorado becoming the first state to legalize recreational pot. State leaders are celebrating like children. They want pot legalization from…
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Denver lowers speed limit on section of Santa Fe Drive
Drivers traveling along a nearly half mile section of Santa Fe Drive will need to slow down from 30 miles per hour to 25 after the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure lowered the speed limit. The new speed limit went into effect on Friday and applies to the roadway on Santa Fe Drive from…
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Colorado roads are emptier, but deadlier this year
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s stay-at-home order kept many people off the roads for much of the first half of this year. But it didn’t slow traffic deaths. Drivers traveled a total of 22.1 billion miles between Jan. 1…