Safety - NFRMPO

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Traffic crashes are a major safety problem in Colorado and in the NFRMPO region. In 2020, the NFRMPO Planning Council adopted a Safety Vision: Towards Zero Deaths acknowledging there is no acceptable number of deaths or serious injuries on the road network. The resolution outlined actions the NFRMPO can take to enhance safety planning in the work the NFRMPO completes. See below for crash data and a current list of safety-related tasks the NFRMPO region is working on.

NFRMPO Regional Crash Dashboard

The NFRMPO has developed a Regional Crash Dashboard to improve access to safety data and support informed transportation planning and decision-making. The Dashboard consolidates crash information provided by CDOT into an interactive, publicly accessible platform that allows users to explore crash trends, locations, contributing factors, and crash characteristics across the region.

Over the course of development, NFRMPO staff collected, processed, and visualized regional crash data while incorporating feedback from member communities and regional partners. In addition to the information available through CDOT crash records, staff enhanced the dataset with regionally relevant attributes, including whether a crash occurred on a Regionally Significant Corridor (RSC) or within a quarter mile of a school. The dashboard enables users to analyze crashes using 32 different filters and view results through interactive maps, charts, graphs, and summary statistics.

The resulting tool provides local agencies, elected officials, transportation professionals, and community members with a comprehensive resource for understanding roadway safety conditions throughout the NFRMPO region. The Dashboard supports transportation planning efforts by identifying high-crash locations, reducing local agency staff time needed to process and analyze crash data, evaluating trends among different roadway users, informing project prioritization, and providing data to support grant applications and safety studies

Safety Performance Measures

As part of the guidance from the USDOT, the NFRMPO must set Performance Measure Targets for each of the federal performance measures. There are two options for setting targets: adopting regional targets or supporting CDOT’s statewide targets. There are five performance measures in the PM1: Safety category related to the number of crashes, both resulting in fatal and/or serious injury, on the entire roadway network within the NFRMPO boundary. The targets set under PM1: Safety must be data driven and are established as an amount not to be exceeded.

Most recently, the NFRMPO Planning Council adopted regionally specific safety targets for the 2022-2026 performance period on January 8, 2026. This was adopted through Resolution #2026-02.