A fatal collision between a semi trailer truck and a pedestrian occurred at the intersection of Tejon Street and Las Vegas Street, earlier this week. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, the collision occurred around 9 a.m. on the morning of March 24th, when two men, one of them identified as 49-year-old Colorado Springs resident Jerry Flores, were crossing South Tejon Street,…
A research analysis was released this month from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and AAA Colorado, looking at the data on all motor vehicle collisions that occurred in the United States between the years 2009 to 2018, and the results were troubling. According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, pedestrian traffic fatalities across the country were up around 53%…
Earlier this month, AutoInsurance.org released the results of a study they conducted looking at 25 years worth of fatal Halloween car accident statistics, and their findings were very interesting. The study sought to answer two different questions: Which overall group is most at risk of being in a fatal crash on Halloween, children or pedestrians? What is the main cause of Halloween car…
At some point during the hustle and bustle of our daily routine, most of us find ourselves walking somewhere or another. Whether we’re headed to the corner market to pick up some groceries or whether we’re out walking the dog, all able-bodied people will be a pedestrian at some point in their day. Also this year, due to restrictions put in place to…
According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, the 40-year-old woman involved in a fatal hit-and-run last month in Colorado Springs, has been arrested. The police identified Amanda Lee Rivera-Frank as the previously wanted driver believed to be connected to the July 20th hit-and-run collision, that took the life of 20-year-old Colorado Springs resident, Olivia Clark. According to the CSPD, the collision occurred at…
A new pedestrian safety campaign from the Colorado Department of Transportation, kicked off earlier this month with a memorial at Union Station honoring the memory of the 76 pedestrians involved in fatal accidents last year. A collaborative effort with the Denver Streets Partnership, the memorial featured 76 pairs of shoes representing the 76 pedestrian lives lost in 2019, all placed in two rows…
Every year we roll back the clocks across the nation to standard time – and this year, we will do this on November 6th! While many of us look forward to the extra hour of sleep we will get, rolling back the clock may actually be dangerous, according to recent statistics. More pedestrians are killed by cars during daylight savings time changes than…
A rash of vehicle-pedestrian accidents involving kids has prompted an investigation into the source of the problem. Nationwide in 2015, 456 children died from injuries sustained in vehicle-pedestrian accidents, while over 40,000 children were injured as pedestrians in 2014. Colorado children are certainly not immune to this tragedy. Early in January, four Colorado Springs students were hit by a car while walking to…
From 2015 traffic data, the Colorado Springs police department has compiled a list of the 13 most dangerous intersections in Colorado Springs. The division manager of traffic engineering for Colorado Springs, Kathleen Krager, is not surprised to see which intersections made the list. She says those intersections handle the most traffic and it makes perfect sense that they would also have to deal…
