Vision Zero

Vision Zero uses the human-centered Safe Systems Approach which is based on the following principles:

• People Make Mistakes: Our transportation system should be designed and operated to account for those mistakes and to avoid death and severe injuries.

• People Are Vulnerable: Human bodies have limits for tolerating crash forces, so we should design and operate our transportation system to protect them.

• Safety is Proactive: Strategies should proactively identify and mitigate risks in the transportation system, rather than waiting for crashes to occur before reacting.

• Death and Serious Injury is Unacceptable: While the ideal goal would be no crashes at all, the Safe System Approach prioritizes reducing crashes that result in the loss of life and serious injuries.
• Responsibility is Shared: All transportation system users, managers, suppliers and manufactures must do their part to ensure that crashes do not result in fatal or serious injuries.

• Redundancy is Crucial: Reducing risks requires that all parts of the transportation system are strengthened, so that if one part fails, the other parts still protect people.

Learn more from these resources:

The U.S. Department of Transportation: Safe System Approach

The Vision Zero Network: Demystifying the Safe System Approach and What is Vison Zero?

Maps

High Injury Network (HIN) Maps focus on identifying where fatal and serious injury (FSI) crashes have occurred using individual crash report data from local law enforcement agencies servicing Longmont.

• Longmont’s HIN FSI Roadways
• Longmont’s HIN FSI Density Map

Longmont Annual Crash Reports

Typically, crash reports are completed and become available at the end of each year.

• 2024 Longmont Crash Report
• 2023 Longmont Crash Report
• 2022 Longmont Crash Report

Please email vision.zero@longmontcolorado.gov if you would like additional information.

Vision Zero Crash Storymap – Coming soon!

A Vision Zero Crash Storymap is currently in development. Once completed, data will be made publicly available and searchable to ensure data transparency and access.

Vision Zero Data Dashboard – Coming soon!

A Vision Zero Data Dashboard is currently in development. Once completed, data will be made publicly available and searchable to ensure data transparency and access.

Has your life or the life of someone you know been impacted by a roadway crash? Are you passionate about creating safer local transportation systems for everyone? Would you be willing to volunteer to help educate and inspire others on these important issues?

WE NEED YOUR HELP to change the way Longmont builds, rebuilds, and manages our transportation system. Join Longmont’s Vision Zero Task Force to learn more about Vison Zero, plan and/or support community events and develop Longmont’s Vision Zero action plan. We can’t do this important work without you! Email us at Vision.Zero@longmontcolorado.gov for more information or to get involved.

Task Force meetings are held bi-monthly on the first Thursday of even months at the Senior Center (910 Longs Peak Ave, Longmont, CO 80501, Room D-E) from 6 – 7:30 pm. Below is the 2025 schedule:

• April 3
• June 5
• August 7
• October 2
• December 4

Find more information and register to attend the meeting on April 3.

Longmont held its first ever World Day of Remembrance event on Nov 3, 2024 to honor road crash victims. Thank you to everyone who came to honor those in the Longmont community who have been killed, seriously injured, or otherwise negatively impacted by a traffic crash.

The City has adopted the Vision Zero public health approach to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2040. The success of this work is dependent on community members working together to create a plan that works best for Longmont. Vision Zero events and community meetings are open people of all ages. Please find more information above and sign up to receive email updates.

Sign up to receive email updates about Longmont’s Vision Zero projects and future opportunities to help.

If you are a member of a community organization or group and would like a Vision Zero presentation in English or Spanish at an upcoming meeting, please contact us at Vision.Zero@longmontcolorado.gov or 303-651-8441.

If you have any questions about Vision Zero, please contact Vision.Zero@longmontcolorado.gov. 

Media inquiries: contact Longmont’s Public Information Officer, Rogelio Mares at rogelio.mares@longmontcolorado.gov.