This map shows fatal crashes that we’ve compiled from news reports and police blotters in El Paso County over the past year between December 2023 to November 2024. We have only captured the fatal crashes on this map there are at countless more that have left residents and visitors with life altering injuries as well as mental trauma.

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Select the 2023 layer to view two years of crashes

Thank you to the families who have provided pictures and obituaries for their lost loved ones:

Below are placards in remembrance of those who lost their lives in 2024 to crashes in El Paso County
not including those whose names have not been shared publicly

Colorado Springs World Day of Remembrance 2024

COS Cars Kill, People Centered COS and Beautiful Colorado Springs remembered the 69 lives lost in Colorado Springs and El Paso county throughout 2024 with an even on the steps of the Colorado Springs City Hall November 17th 2024 – Below are speeches and statements made at the event

View speeches and other materials from the 2024 event including the 69 names of those lost to traffic violence in 2024 – Link Here

Tracking Colorado Springs Car Violence

COS CARS KILL is a group of Colorado Springs and El Paso County residents tracking the damages of car centered planning including:
fatalities, life changing injuries, cost, time, congestion, inconvenience and property damage

And we advocate for people centered planning:
Community, convenience, safety, beauty, local businesses, freedom, autonomy, safe routes for children

Specific Interventions

Go to our TAKE ACTION page to learn about how you can help

Below are specific treatments that we believe will dramatically improve safety for all roadway users at these locations where residents have lot their lives.

Keep Students Safe
Students need safety when accessing their schools. School zones and traffic calming must be established at all city and county schools, including all middle and high schools.

Palmer Roundabout
The Palmer Statue (AKA Man On Horse) in the middle of Nevada Ave and Platte Ave has caused numerous crashes and multiple deaths. This infrastructure needs to change and a roundabout is the most sensible solution. Sign our petition here to ask the city to change this intersection to a roundabout.

Vision Zero
Colorado Springs and El Paso County need to adopt Vision Zero with the goal of eliminating traffic deaths.

Traffic Calming Where Makaylyn Lee, 9, Was killed
sign the petition Make It Safe For Children Like Makaylyn Lee, 9, To Play Outside asking the city to install appropriate traffic calming to make the street where she lost her life safe for families.

Safer/Slower Colorado Ave
Colorado Ave through Colorado Springs Westside should be narrowed for drivers to discourage speeding and encourage biking and walking – Read our letter to business owners here

Platte Ave Shouldn’t be wider
The width and number of lanes on Platte Ave today causes speeding and dangerous driving. The Plate Ave Study (Link Here) called for more lanes between Chelton and Powers which will make this dangerous stretch of road more deadly.

Takeaways

• Shorter pedestrian crossing distances
• Shorter distances between crosswalks
• Protected bike lanes
• Complete bike and pedestrian network
• Stop widening/extending roads and use that funding to make roads safer for drivers, transit, pedestrians, and bike riders
• No right on red