Traffic Safety

In 2020, our city set a record for the most deadly traffic crashes (51 people killed).  These fatal crashes involved vehicles, pedestrians (12), and cyclists including, bicycle (3) and motorcycle (15).  Common factors for these crashes are impairment, distraction, and not wearing a seatbelt .  The Colorado Springs Police Department and the City's Traffic Engineering Division have partnered to improve traffic safety.  When an intersection has a lot of crashes, Traffic Engineering and CSPD complete a comprehensive review of the intersection to see what can be done to reduce crashes.  Additionally, a joint community traffic assessment may be completed in order to determine what locations to prioritize for traffic enforcement.   

CSPD reported a 35% reduction in overall crashes (6,869) and a 16% decrease in injury crashes (688) in 2020 at the same time we recorded a record setting 50 fatal crashes.

These reductions may be due, in part, to COVID-19 restrictions. Non-injury traffic crashes could also be cold reported to the State of Colorado during that time period and those crashes are not reflected in CSPD data. 

In years prior to the pandemic, our community averages about 11,000 crashes annually.  

A crash can happen anywhere.  This is a map showing the volume of crashes by Colorado Springs Neighborhood.  You can filter by date, injury, fatality, age of the driver and Patrol Division.

Injury crashes typically make up around 7% of all crashes.