Denver Metro Crash Analysis · CDOT · 2022–2024

Crashes, Corridors & Dangerous Crossings

Where, when, and why traffic crashes happen across Denver, Aurora, Thornton, Westminster, and 13 more cities — built from CDOT crash records.

51,557
Reported crashes (metro, 2024)
271
Traffic fatalities (metro, 2024)
1,145
Pedestrian crashes (metro, 2024)
5.8%
Speed-related rate (metro, 2024)
01 — Crash Map

Where It Happens

Search an address, filter by crash type, compare years, or enter your commute to see every crash hotspot along your route.

Denver Metro Crash Map
61 intersections · 17 cities · CDOT 2022–2024
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02 — Look Up Your Street

How Safe Is Your Area?

Search any address or intersection to see a crash summary for that location. CDOT 2022–2024.

RADIUS
03 — Dangerous Intersections

The Top 10 Crash Sites

Ranked by total crash volume across Denver Metro. Freeway interchanges dominate due to high traffic volumes — use the Per Vehicle toggle to normalize by traffic count.

Top 10 Crash Intersections — All Metro
CDOT 2022–2024 · 61 locations tracked
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04 — City Overview

Crash Rates Across the Metro

How each city in Denver Metro compares on total crashes, fatalities, and behavioral factors.

City Comparison
All cities · CDOT 2024
Overview
CityCrashesFatalDUISpeedHit & RunPed
Crashes Per 1,000 Residents
Population-adjusted crash rate · CDOT 2024
05 — When It Happens

The Calendar of Risk

Crash patterns by hour, day of week, and month across the metro.

Crashes by Hour
All Metro · CDOT 2024
Crashes by Day of Week
All Metro · CDOT 2024
Crashes by Month
All Metro · CDOT 2024
Weekday vs Weekend by Hour
All Metro · CDOT 2024
06 — Year Over Year

Is the Metro Getting Safer?

Three years of CDOT records show how crashes, fatalities, and behavioral factors are trending across Denver Metro.

Total Crashes
Metro-wide · CDOT 2022–2024
Fatalities & Pedestrian Crashes
Metro-wide · CDOT 2022–2024
DUI Crashes
2022–2024
Speed-Related
2022–2024
Hit & Run
2022–2024
07 — Severity

How Bad Are the Crashes?

271 people died on Denver Metro roads in 2024. The severity breakdown tells us how crashes distribute between fatal, serious, minor, and property-damage-only.

Severity Distribution
All Metro · CDOT 2024
Fatalities by City
CDOT 2024
Fatal
Crash Type Breakdown
All Metro · CDOT 2024
Contributing Factors
All Metro · CDOT 2024
08 — Impaired Driving

DUI Crashes Across the Metro

3,227 crashes in 2024 involved impairment — 6.3% of the total.

DUI Rate by Hour
% of crashes involving DUI · All Metro
DUI by City
Total DUI crashes · CDOT 2024
09 — Speed

Speed Kills Disproportionately

5.8% of crashes are speed-related. Parker has the highest rate at 10.0%.

Speed Rate by Hour
% of crashes involving speed · All Metro
Speed's Share of Fatalities
By city · CDOT 2024
Fatal
Crashes by Speed Limit Zone
All Metro · CDOT 2024
10 — Hit-and-Run

21.8% of Drivers Flee the Scene

11,243 hit-and-run crashes across the metro. Denver leads at 30.7%.

Hit-and-Run Rate by Hour
% of crashes that are H&R · All Metro
Hit-and-Run Rate by City
% of crashes · CDOT 2024
11 — Pedestrians & Cyclists

The Most Vulnerable on Metro Streets

1145 pedestrian crashes and 632 cyclist crashes across the metro in 2024.

Pedestrian & Cyclist Crashes Per 1,000 Residents
Population-adjusted rate · CDOT 2024
1145 pedestrian crashes in 2024. Denver accounts for 588 — 51% of the metro total despite having 32% of the population.
12 — Vision Zero

Vision Zero: Progress Toward Zero

Denver Metro adopted Vision Zero in 2017, setting a target of 0 traffic fatalities by 2030. The baseline was 51 fatalities in 2017.

Fatalities: Goal vs. Actual
2022–2030
13 — Sources

Where This Data Comes From

CDOT Crash Listing
Crash records from the Colorado Department of Transportation Statewide Crash Listing. 51,557 records for 2024, covering 17 city groups in the Denver metro area.

CDOT Crash Data →
Denver Vision Zero
Denver adopted Vision Zero in 2017, committing to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2030.

Vision Zero Denver →
14 — Methodology

How I Built This

Data pipeline: CDOT Statewide Crash Listing Excel files parsed via Python adapter. Records filtered to Denver metro counties (Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson). 51,557 records for 2024.
City assignment: City field maps crashes to 11 metro city groups. Records without city assignment fall into the Other Metro catch-all.
Behavioral flags: DUI from alcohol/marijuana/drug suspected fields. Speed from contributing factor text and speed-over-limit detection (>10 mph over). Hit-and-run from TU hit-and-run boolean fields. Pedestrian and cyclist from crash type text.