CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY
FIRE POLICE SHERIFF
9-1-1 COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
CRIME PREVENTION & CONTROL SAFE CITY

Data Analysis Unit

Denver Police Department
1331 Cherokee Street
Denver, CO 80204-2720
Phone: (720) 913-6014
Fax:
(720) 913-7504

INTER-DEPARTMENT
CORRESPONDENCE
TO: Julio Trujillo, Mayors Bicycle Advisory Committee
FROM: Magen Dodge, Commander, Administrative Management Division
DATE: August 30, 2012
SUBJECT: Auto / Bicycle Accidents
Attached are the statistics you requested for auto / bicycle accidents from 2002 through
August 23, 2012. The statistics are summarized by day-of-week and hour and location.
Also included are bicycle citation violations and bicycle citation violations where there was
an accident. We cannot directly correlate auto / bicycle accidents with the citation issued at
the specific event.
SUMMARY

Auto / bicycle accidents have been on an increasing trend over the past 10 years. Year
to date auto/bicycle accidents have increased 13.2% over the 10 year average.
Over a ten year average 61% of the accidents occurred between noon and 7:00 pm.
The majority of auto/bicycle accidents occurred on weekdays.
Accidents in May and June in 2012 were significantly higher than the ten year average
for May and June.
In 2011 the top three neighborhoods for auto/bicycle accidents were Lincoln Park,
Capitol Hill and City Park West.
The top three neighborhoods from January through August 23, 2012 were Five Points,
Capitol Hill and Civic Center.
The majority of violations written for bicycle infractions were; bicycles subject to traffic
control devices and bicycles subject to traffic laws.
The highest violations for auto/bicycle citations were bicycles subject to traffic laws and
riding bicycles on sidewalks.
According to Traffic Engineering, motorists are at fault slightly over 50% of the time in
auto/bicycle accidents.

Please call if you have any questions.

Cc: Robert C. White, Chief of Police
David Quinones, Deputy Chief of Operations
Matt Murray, Lieutenant, Chief of Staff

YEAR

Total

2002
2003
2004
2005
300 2006
2007
2008
2009
250
2010
2011

197
204
193
256
230
201
212
224
202
239
2012

200

197

204

JanAug23 Aug25Dec31
123
74Auto/BikeAccidents
144
140 intheCityandCountyofDenver
64
144
128
65
144
ByYear:2002
August23,2012
164
92
144
160
70
144
139
62
144
136
76
144
256
160
64
144
123
79
144
230
224
154
85
144
212
163
144
201
144.54545
193

239

202

163
150

100

50

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012

2002

13.2%increase
overthe10year
g forJan
average
Aug23,2012

123
140
128
164
160
139
136
160
123
154
163

2003

2004

2005

2006
JanAug23

2007

2008

Aug25 Dec31

2009

2010

2011

2012

Auto/BicycleAccidents
intheCityandCountyofDenver
10Year(20022011)AveragebyHour
30.0

25.0

20.0

15.0

10.0

5.0

0.0
06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

00

01

02

03

04

05

23

00

01

02

03

04

05

10YrAvg

Auto/BicycleAccidents
Auto/Bicycle
Accidents
intheCityandCountyofDenver
January1 August23,2012
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

JanAug23,2012

20

21

22

Auto/BicycleAccidents
intheCityandCountyofDenver
10YearAverage(20022011)
37.9

40

33.7

35

36.9

35.0

30.6
30
23.6

25
18.1

20
15
10
5
0

SUN

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

10YrAvg

Auto/BicycleAccidents
intheCityandCountyofDenver
ByMonth:10YearAverage(20022011)andJan Aug23,2012
50
45
45
40

37

35
30

27.3

28.7

30

29.8
27

28.3

25
20.5
20
15
10

12.6
10

8.3
6

16.8

16.4

14.2

6.6
4

0
Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

10YrAvg

Jul

Aug

JanAug23,2012

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

TOP 10 NEIGHBORHOODS
FOR AUTO/BICYCLE ACCIDENTS IN 2011
COMPARED PREVIOUS 9 YEARS
AND YEAR TO DATE IN 2012

2012ytd
6
10
7
6
7
5
2
7
3
3
11
2
3
2
9
2
3

NEIGHBORHOOD 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
LincolnPark
21
6
4
7
4
5
12
8
2
6
CapitolHill
19
16
20
18
17
11
15
15
17
5
CityParkWest
11
8
6
2
8
4
5
6
5
4
NorthCapitolHill
9
8
8
12
9
12
10
3
8
9
CongressPark
8
9
5
0
3
4
5
1
3
1
Baker
8
4
8
8
3
5
7
6
6
8
WestHighland
8
2
4
3
1
2
0
0
1
0
CBD
7
9
8
5
12
14
7
5
9
5
CheesmanPark
7
6
2
3
3
1
7
4
2
4
Speer
6
5
2
9
8
4
10
8
4
4
FivePoints
6
12
12
13
6
9
17
6
6
9
Highland
6
5
4
10
4
4
3
2
8
1
CherryCreek
6
2
3
4
1
4
4
2
1
4
Stapleton
5
1
4
2
0
3
1
1
2
2
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5
5
11
4
6
4
4
4
3
3
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5
4
3
0
5
3
2
0
1
1
UniversityPark
5
2
3
3
2
2
3
2
3
3

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BICYCLECITATIONVIOLATIONS
INTHECITYANDCOUNTYOFDENVER
BYYEAR:2002JUNE,2012

TypeofViolation
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
BICYCLEEMERGINGFROMALLEYORDRIVEWAY
3
1
1
2
2
2
1
4
4
0
BICYCLEMUSTHAVEPERMANENTSEAT
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
BICYCLEPARKING
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
BICYCLERENTALS
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
BICYCLERIDINGONROADWAYSANDBIKEPATHS
2
14
2
2
5
2
6
6
2
8
BICYCLERIDINGPROHIBITEDWHEREPOSTED
12
25
12
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
BICYCLESPEED
0
1
1
3
1
0
2
2
0
0
BICYCLETOYIELDRIGHTOFWAY
0
2
3
2
4
2
4
1
5
4
BICYCLE/SKATE16THSTMALL
137 109
72 102 126 215 273 227 273 124
BICYCLESSUBJECTTOTRAFFICLAWS
62
77
42
71 144
80 120 167 322 351
BICYCLESSUBJECTTOTRAFFICCONTROLDEVICES
12
16
15
45
45
32
63 104 268 277
CARRYINGARTICLESONBICYCLE
0
1
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
CARRYINGPERSONSONBICYCLE
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
LAMPSANDREFLECTORSREQ'DONBICYCLES
9
8
5
8
29
6
30
32
15
11
RIDINGBICYCLESONSIDEWALKS
38
43
41
41
50
57 252 110 274 334
GrandTotalViolations(Theremaybemorethanone
violationpercitation)
275 297 194 277 413 398 756 656 1,165 1,112
NumberofCitations
260 275 181 261 392 377 712 588 961 891

JanJun30,
2012
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
4
55
125
146
0
0
5
62
402
331

BICYCLECITATIONVIOLATIONSWHERETHEREWASANACCIDENT
INTHECITYANDCOUNTYOFDENVER
BYYEAR:2002JUNE,2012

TypeofViolation
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
BICYCLEEMERGINGFROMALLEYORDRIVEWAY
2
0
1
2
1
2
1
4
2
0
BICYCLEPARKING
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
BICYCLERIDINGONROADWAYSANDBIKEPATHS
2
2
2
1
4
2
3
4
1
4
BICYCLERIDINGPROHIBITEDWHEREPOSTED
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
BICYCLESPEED
0
1
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
BICYCLETOYIELDRIGHTOFWAY
0
1
2
2
4
2
4
1
3
4
BICYCLE/SKATE16THSTMALL
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
BICYCLESSUBJECTTOTRAFFICLAWS
28
37
21
37
24
18
29
48
45
58
BICYCLESSUBJECTTOTRAFFICCONTROLDEVICES
2
9
9
19
5
9
17
6
8
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
CARRYINGARTICLESONBICYCLE
LAMPSANDREFLECTORSREQ'DONBICYCLES
4
3
4
1
5
2
5
3
0
1
RIDINGBICYCLESONSIDEWALKS
17
26
35
30
26
17
23
28
29
41
GrandTotalViolations(Theremaybemorethanone
violationpercitation)
55
79
75
96
70
53
82
95
88 116
NumberofCitations
46
68
65
85
64
49
78
83
81
98

JanJun30,
2012
2
0
1
0
0
3
0
41
7
0
3
25
82
68

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