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A new study shows a startling trend in Colorado: fatal accidents involving cars and pedestrians have increased dramatically over the last decade. The number of pedestrians killed on Colorado roadways per year has nearly doubled since 2009, according to AAA. That is a much bigger jump than the 55 percent […]

As speed limits tick up in states around the country, an advocacy and research group is warning that small increases in speed make severe injury or death more likely in the event of a crash. “Cars are safer than they’ve ever been, but nobody’s figured out how to make them […]

A Colorado man who police say was driving recklessly before mowing down a 68-year-old pedestrian in Northglenn is now in jail awaiting trial on manslaughter charges, CBS4 reports. Isaac Aranda was arrested in early late January, just one day after the accident that claimed the life of Debra Blanchard. Aranda […]

The number of Coloradans who died in drug overdoses jumped by nearly 20 percent last year, reaching what one local news outlet called a “grim milestone” potentially boosted by the pandemic. More than 1,200 people across the state died in 2020 from overdoses involving drugs like heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. […]

Last year was the deadliest for people on roads in Colorado Springs as the city saw the highest rate of traffic fatalities despite the pandemic. A total of 51 people were killed in traffic accidents across Colorado Springs in 2020, KKTV reports. That is up from 42 deaths in 2019 […]