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Fatal vehicle in Colorado crashes down considerably

Fatal vehicle in Colorado crashes down considerably

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  • Traffic deaths in Colorado dropped by 21% compared to this time in the previous year.
  • Several counties, including Larimer, Weld and Boulder, show a significant reduction in deaths.
  • New state laws such as the free law on free law have attributed to reduction.

Traffic deaths in Colorado have dropped by 21%, and Larimer County recorded more than half of the number of deaths that compared it in the previous year.

Last year there were 11 deaths in Larimer County and this year there were five.

Remarkable nationwide comparisons from mid -April last year to this year, according to a press release from the Ministry of Transport in Colorado on April 25:

  • 130 deaths of 164 in 2024
  • 70% acceptance of the deaths of teenage drivers
  • 26% acceptance of deaths with speed crossing
  • 22% acceptance of deaths with distracted drivers
  • 19% acceptance of deaths with impaired drivers
  • 17.5% acceptance of the deaths of pedestrians and cyclists
  • 12.5% ​​acceptance of broken deaths
  • 12.5% ​​acceptance of the deaths of motorcyclists

In addition, several counties recorded a significant decline in death compared to the previous year compared to last year.

  • Larimer: Five deaths this year, compared to 11 in 2024
  • Welding: 14 totalities this year from 17
  • Book block: 4 deaths this year, after 6
  • El Paso: 10 deaths this year, after 20 years
  • Adams: 14 totalities this year from 23
  • Pueblo: 9 deaths this year, after 13 years
  • Arapahoe: 8 deaths this year from 13
  • Jefferson: 7 deaths this year, after 11 years

Denver County is currently watching 15 deaths last year. Mesa County recorded four deaths of two last year. Douglas County saw eight from one.

Several new state laws that came into force this year to promote safer trips are attributed to the reduction in deaths, including a new hand-free law that prohibits the use of handheld phones during driving and only enables hands-free authorities. The law has a fine of at least $ 75 for the first time.

The Colorado Department of Transportation and the law enforcement agencies has also increased the enforcement in express traces in the whole of the state, where the input and output in fixed lines now lead to a fine of 75 US dollars or more.

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