State Highway 21 is also known as Powers Boulevard. It is an expressway that is essentially the eastern bypass of Colorado Springs. It stretches from SH 16 in Fountain to Interquest Parkway/SH 83 north of Colorado Springs. Unfortunately, State Highway 21 is often crowded and backed up with vehicles during peak commuting times. This typically leads to serious and sometimes fatal car accidents. …
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, an estimated 20,160 people died in car accidents across the United States in the first half of 2021. These fatalities mark a five-year high and have many safety officials concerned. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg called this “a crisis” and warned that we “should not accept these fatalities as a part of everyday life in America.” …
The vast majority of the accidents that are happening on the roads of El Paso County, are due to dangerous driving behaviors, NOT dangerous road conditions, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. As CDOT Traffic Safety Manager Sam Cole puts it, “It’s not the roads, it’s the drivers. Over 90 percent of crashes on our roadways are related to people’s poor choices.”…
The Yellow Dot program has come to El Paso County, and American Medical Response and Drive Smart Colorado are hoping it will help save lives throughout the region. Intended to help alert emergency first responders of any chronic medical conditions affecting a driver involved in an accident, the safe driving program has been operating in 22 states and has been shown to be…
According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, fatal motorcycle accidents have seen a 12% increase in 2020, over the previous year’s numbers. In an effort to help fight this disturbing trend, CDOT has teamed up with Denver based oil change and automotive maintenance chain, Grease Monkey, on a new safety campaign that started this month. On all of the vehicles that come into…
