Tag: traffic accidents
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Colorado Springs releases data on most dangerous roads — and ways to fix them
“People make mistakes” is one of the central tenets of the Safe Streets and Roads for All program, which provides federal funding to communities to research local crash statistics and ways to reduce them. The idea is that human nature makes crashes inevitable on busy roadways, but traffic engineering can significantly reduce the portion that…
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Fountain identifies most dangerous intersections
Thanks to a new federally funded analysis, the city of Fountain is running the numbers on which of its road features contribute most to traffic accidents. However, some of the worst offenders are not under the city’s jurisdiction. Of the 13 intersections with the highest crash numbers, nine are operated by the Colorado Department of…
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LETTERS: No improvement on city streets; energy is never free
No improvement on city streets The City Administration has been touting that CSPD has made significant increases in the numbers of police officers to improve the important goal of public safety. Witnessing what is happening on the city streets does not show any improvement. There is excessive speeding, tailgating, road rage, red light running and…
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Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run ID’d by Colorado Springs Police
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A woman who was struck and killed by a vehicle in early November has been identified by Colorado Springs Police. Michaela Henderson, 25, was crossing South Academy Boulevard around 8:45 p.m., on Nov. 2, in the 1800 block outside a designated crosswalk when she was…
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Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run ID’d by Colorado Springs Police
A woman who was struck and killed by a vehicle in early November has been identified by Colorado Springs Police. Michaela Henderson, 25, was crossing South Academy Boulevard around 8:45 p.m., on Nov. 2, in the 1800 block outside a designated crosswalk when she was hit by a driver in a passing vehicle. When officers…
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Statewide traffic deaths down for the first time in years, CDOT reports
Roads throughout Colorado saw an annual decrease in traffic deaths for the first time since 2019, according to a preliminary report from the Colorado Department of Transportation. According to CDOT officials, the state saw a total of 716 traffic deaths in 2023, amounting to a 6% decrease in traffic deaths since 2022. Additionally, Colorado roadways…
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Statewide traffic deaths down for the first time in years, CDOT reports
Roads throughout Colorado saw an annual decrease in traffic deaths for the first time since 2019, according to a preliminary report from the Colorado Department of Transportation. According to CDOT officials, the state saw a total of 716 traffic deaths in 2023, amounting to a 6% decrease in traffic deaths since 2022. Additionally, Colorado roadways…