Are Coloradans driving safer? Data shows decline in road deaths in 2025

Are Coloradans driving safer? Data shows decline in road deaths in 2025

DENVER (KDVR) -- Data shows that crashes involving speed, impairment and distractions are down across the state. The Colorado Department of Transportation released traffic fatality data for so far this year on Friday, showing that traffic deaths have decreased by 21% across the state. Data: These areas had the deadliest roads in Colorado in 2024 Denver County is tracking right where it was at this point last year, with 15 deaths. Several c…

Colorado traffic deaths drop as enforcement of new hands-free phone law ramps up

The number of people killed in crashes on Colorado roads is down 21% so far this year, with state officials pointing to new laws, more enforcement and safer drivers as keeping people alive. Colorado recorded 130 traffic deaths as of mid-April, down from 164 deaths at the same point in 2024, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. Fatal crashes in El Paso and Larimer counties were cut in half, and Adams, Arapahoe, Jefferson, Bould…