Analysis of Performance
- Injury/Fatal crashes are the number of reported public street crashes involving motor vehicles, bicyclists or pedestrians where someone was injured or killed.
- Injury/Fatal crashes were above target during Q1'24
- The 78 injury/fatal crashes in Q1'24 were higher than the previous 5-year average for Q1 of 59.
- The increase in serious injury crashes is following the national trend which is reporting crashes at the highest rate in a decade.
- Staff continues to take steps to implement strategies outlined in the Vision Zero Action plan.
- Yellow and all red clearance intervals were updated in 2023.
- All pedestrian clearance times have been updated to be consistent with current best practices.
- Developed methodologies to apply in making decisions on left turn control at signalized intersections through the Vision Zero lens.
- Continual refinement of signal timing.
Metric Definition
Injury/Fatal crashes is the number of reported public street crashes involving motor vehicles, bicyclists or pedestrians where someone was injured or killed.
Why Is This Important?
Safe travel in Fort Collins is important for the quality of life for residents and visitors. In order to improve traffic safety, data must be used to determine specific problems than can be targeted.
City Organization Impact on Performance
Medium – Traffic crashes tend to have contributing factors from three areas: human factors, vehicle design/maintenance, and roadway/environment. The City uses Engineering, Enforcement and Education to target the human element and the roadway elements. While we can't prevent all crashes, these efforts do have an impact.
Benchmark Information
Traffic crash reporting thresholds and definitions of injury severity vary between cities and States making accurate comparisons difficult. There are Federal reporting requirements for fatal crashes that require a consistent reporting method for those crashes and we do benchmark against other cities using those fatal crash statistics. However, because there are so few fatal crashes that may not provide an adequate comparison either.