Two Road Deaths Increase Denver's Total to 67
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Two new fatalities bring the number of Denver road deaths to 67, compared to 60 at this point last year, a 12 percent increase.
Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about traffic deaths
A Driver Hit and Killed a Woman Crossing Evans Avenue
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Streetsblog would like to thank The O’Sullivan Personal Injury Law Firm for supporting this series. Financial contributions do not influence our content. See our editorial policy. A 44-year-old woman died yesterday after she tried to walk across a street in Southeast Denver on Monday, according to Doug Schepman, a spokesperson for the Police Department. The […]
Denver Slow to Repaint Crosswalks and Bike Lanes After Road Construction
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Streetsblog discovered an appalling lack of oversight and unexplained delays in the way crosswalks and bike lanes are replaced after utility work and road construction wipe them out — a dereliction that puts pedestrians and people on bikes at risk of injury and death.
Traffic Violence Report: 1 Dead Amid 280 Denver Crashes Last Week
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In the last week, one person died in a Denver traffic crash. Between October 21 and 27 three people were seriously injured among 280 traffic crashes, according to police.
Memphis is the Most Dangerous Place to Walk
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But progress on pedestrian safety is moving slowly (unlike Bluff City drivers!).
Bicyclist Death Brings Denver Traffic Fatalities to 62, Same Number Reached in All of 2018
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A 31-year-old man on a bicycle was killed in a crash. The road fatality is the 62nd so far this year, which is the same number of people killed on the city's streets in all of 2018.