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Aurora staff, APD present data and enforcement plan amid recent spike in traffic fatalities
Summary
Public Works and Aurora Police Department presented crash trends, countermeasures and enforcement activity to the committee; staff said fatalities peaked in 2023, recent years show declines and the city will pair engineering, enforcement and education with new automated speed cameras and grant‑funded enforcement.
City transportation staff and Aurora Police Department officers briefed the Transportation & Public Safety committee on crash trends, enforcement actions and planned countermeasures under a Safe Systems approach.
Carly Camp, Deputy Director of Transportation and Mobility, presented statewide and local crash data showing an increase in traffic fatalities after 2020, with Aurora’s peak occurring in 2023 and a decline in 2024 and year‑to‑date 2025. Camp cited statewide and local contributing factors: low seat‑belt use, speeding (a factor in roughly 30–40% of fatal crashes), increased impaired driving, distracted driving and a disproportionate share of fatalities among young men.
Camp outlined the city’s engineering…
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