Vision Zero

• 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.

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

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

Vision Zero Fatal and Serious Injury (FSI) StoryMap

This StoryMap outlines what we know today about Fatal and Serious Injury (FSI) crashes in Longmont. It also provides a summary of what Vision Zero is, why it’s important, and how the Safe System Approach helps all road users stay safe.

Vision Zero Crash Data Dashboard

This Dashboard provides Longmont crash data from 2022 to 2024 in charts and graphs. The map only shows data from 2024 at this time. Additional crash data will be added as it becomes available.

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

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 every other month at the Senior Center (910 Longs Peak Ave, Longmont, CO 80501) from 6 to 7:30 pm. The next meeting is scheduled for December 4, 2025.

Find more information and register to attend the December 4 meeting.

Longmont Honors Road Crash Victims at 2nd Annual World Day of Remembrance Event Nov. 5 For the second year in a row, the City of Longmont will hold a World Day of Remembrance event to honor those killed or seriously injured in traffic crashes and to support the families, friends and first responders impacted by traffic violence. The free event will be held Wednesday, Nov. 5 from 6 – 8:30 pm at the Longmont Museum (400 Quail Rd.). Longmont joins more than 70 communities across the country hosting events to remember those lives lost. 

The World Day of Remembrance event will include presentations by local safety and public health officials, survivor testimonials and opportunities for attendees to make personal commitments to help prevent traffic related deaths and injuries in Longmont. Therapy dogs will be available to provide support, and activities for children and light food and drinks will be provided. 

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. 

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

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

Colorado Department of Transportation – Advancing Transportation Safety

Denver Regional Council of Governments – Taking Action on Regional Vision Zero

Boulder County – Vision Zero