traffic safety
Silvia Miramontes was Killed on 15th Street After a Motorist Struck Her in the Crosswalk
The driver, Tanner Reid, was charged with a misdemeanor.
August 30, 2018
Last Week: Motorists Killed 1 Person Walking, Seriously Injured Another, and Hurt 1 Bicyclist
Motorists killed one person walking and inflicted life-changing injuries to one pedestrian and one person biking last week, according to the Denver Police Department.
August 13, 2018
Last Week: Motorists Injured Two People Walking on Denver Streets
Between July 30 and August 5, two people walking suffered life-changing injuries, according to the Denver Police Department.
August 7, 2018
Remembering Abel Shippley, Killed By a Motorist in Sunnyside
Gregorio Benavides may have been drunk when he struck and killed Abel Shippley, 79, with a vehicle in front of the Sunnyside resident's home on July 20.
August 2, 2018
Last Week: Drivers Injured Three People Walking Citywide
For the first time in a long time, between June 25 and July 1, Denver did not see one traffic death, according to the Denver Police Department.
July 2, 2018
Elsie Steffany, Killed Crossing Welton Street, Was Fifth Pedestrian Slain in Denver This Year
Steffany was crossing Welton Street near 15th Street when 33-year-old Aurangzaib Sharifi backed his Dodge Caravan into her, according to a crash report released by Denver PD.
June 29, 2018
It Worked: Readers Take Over CDOT’s Victim-Blaming #SafetyStartsWithAllOfUs Campaign
Streetsblog readers from all over the country hijacked CDOT's #SafetyStartsWithAllOfUs hashtag on Twitter, overwhelming the stale, refuted message that people walking and biking somehow bear the same responsibility on public as people operating multi-ton killing machines while surfing the internet.
June 15, 2018
Wednesday: Join the Ride and Walk of Silence to Remember Victims of Traffic Violence
The location of the ceremony is significant. It's a stone's throw from Federal Boulevard, Denver's deadliest street.
May 10, 2018
CDOT Preaches Imagined Public Safety Crisis of “Distract Walking” on Denver Street Corners
Every so often the Colorado Department of Transportation decides it's time to use public money to shame people walking in the name of street safety.
April 24, 2018
Last Week: 508 Car Crashes, Six Life-Changing Injuries on Denver’s Streets
To track the extent of crashes and injuries, Streetsblog is launching a weekly traffic violence report.
April 23, 2018
