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Boulder reports favorable crash trends and rapid expansion of automated speed enforcement
Summary
City traffic staff told TAB that Boulder’s severe crash trend has trended down against rising state and national fatalities; city has rapidly expanded automated speed enforcement and reported thousands of citations and declining citation rates at long‑running camera sites.
City traffic staff presented the 2025 Vision Zero update to the Transportation Advisory Board on March 9, reporting that Boulder’s serious‑crash trend has moved downward while national and state fatality trends have risen.
Steven Joslin, principal traffic engineer, said Boulder’s most recent five‑year data generally fall below the 10‑year average for fatal and serious‑injury crashes and that Boulder has seen about an 8% decrease in serious injury crashes over the last decade. "While we're not yet near our Vision Zero goal, the trends are headed in the right direction," Joslin said.
Joslin explained that a large share of severe crashes occur on arterial streets and at intersections: in 2025, arterial corridors and signalized intersections accounted for the majority of severe incidents. Vulnerable road users remained heavily represented in…
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