The Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) Zero Death Initiative is a bold and visionary goal to eliminate all traffic fatalities and serious injuries on Colorado’s roadways. The initiative was launched in 2015 and is based on the Safe System approach to road safety, which recognizes that people make mistakes and that the road system should be designed to protect everyone, even when those mistakes happen.
The Zero Death Initiative focuses on four key areas:
- Engineering: Making Colorado’s roads safer for everyone by designing and building safer roads, intersections, and crosswalks.