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Fatal Crashes in Denver County, Colorado

419 fatal crashes and 439 fatalities from 2017-2023. Data from NHTSA FARS.

419
Fatal crashes
439
Fatalities
35%
Drunk driver
59
Avg per year

Deadliest fatal-crash clusters in Denver County

Locations with multiple fatal crashes on the same road segment, 2017-2023. Click any location to pull the full report — every individual crash with vehicle, person, and contributing-factor detail.

5 fatal crashes
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5 fatalities · 2017–2023
Other Principal Arterial · Denver
39.738, -105.025
3 fatal crashes
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3 fatalities · 2019–2022
Principal Arterial - Other · Denver
39.711, -105.053
3 fatal crashes
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3 fatalities · 2022–2023
Minor Arterial · Denver
39.822, -104.772
3 fatal crashes
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3 fatalities · 2017–2021
Principal Arterial - Other · Denver
39.789, -105.025
2 fatal crashes
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2 fatalities · 2018–2019
Principal Arterial - Other · Denver
39.729, -105.053

Crashes by year

YearCrashesFatalitiesDrunk driver
2017484918
2018586019
2019576117
2020505113
2021646827
2022717424
2023717629

Cities in Denver County

Fatal crashes by city within Denver County. Need crash history at a specific address or intersection? Our intersection report shows every fatal crash within any radius of a GPS coordinate.

CityCrashesFatalities
DENVER419439

When crashes happen

By month

MonthCrashes
January29
February27
March31
April32
May42
June43
July41
August45
September38
October33
November28
December30

Most dangerous hours

HourCrashes
22:0039
19:0032
21:0031
18:0027
01:0026
02:0025
23:0024
00:0022
20:0022
11:0019

Vehicles involved in fatal crashes

MakeVehicles involved
Ford66
Honda59
Toyota57
Chevrolet57
Dodge42
Jeep / Kaiser-Jeep / Willys- Jeep32
Nissan/Datsun30
Unknown Make23
GMC22
Subaru18

Conditions

Weather

WeatherCrashes
Not Reported224
Clear172
Cloudy12
Rain8
Snow3

Collision type

TypeCrashes
Single vehicle / pedestrian / object259
Angle99
Front-to-Rear24
Front-to-Front22
Sideswipe - Same Direction12
Rear-to-Side1
Other1
Sideswipe - Opposite Direction1

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Data source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2017-2023. Updated annually. All Colorado counties.  ·  All states.