Road Safety Audit (RSA) Program

Denver Vision Zero Road Safety Audit Program

Road Safety Audits (RSAs) are formal examinations of selected roadway entities from a safety performance viewpoint. All RSAs are performed by an independent multidisciplinary team and are highly benefited by including one or more professionals trained in performing RSAs. An RSA qualitatively estimates and reports on potential road safety issues and identifies opportunities for safety improvements for all road users. RSAs can be used in any phase of project development from planning to preliminary engineering to design to construction. RSAs can also be used on any sized project from a minor intersection and roadway retrofits to long corridors.

The RSA team considers the safety of all road users, qualitatively estimates and reports on potential road safety issues, and identifies opportunities for safety improvement. The RSA team reviews police crash reports, reviews local agency crash data, and conducts field observations during different times of the day such as day/night and peak/non-peak hours.

The choice of Road Safety Audit corridors is driven by their proximity to the Equity Index Areas, High Injury Network (HIN), corridors without existing DOTI projects, and high crash rates.

  • The Equity Index identifies areas of Denver where more vulnerable populations live. As stated in Denver’s Vision Zero statement, these areas are places with higher speeds, in closer proximity to schools and high school density, elderly populations, people with disabilities, and those without vehicles.
  • The HIN represents the corridors in Denver with the highest number of fatal and injury crashes. Collectively, the HIN accounts for 5 percent of streets in Denver, but 50 percent of traffic deaths. 

The RSA team selects corridors with few or no DOTI projects present to expand coverage across the Equity Index, HIN and street network within Denver.

Completed RSAs 

Park Avenue and 22nd Street

Download the Park Avenue/22nd Street RSA Report(PDF, 4MB)

Audit Locations

Intersections

  • Park Avenue and 38th Avenue & Fox Street
  • Park Avenue and I-25 North Ramps & I-70 Ramps
  • Park Avenue and Globeville Road
  • Park Avenue and Wewatta Street/Delgany Street
  • Park Avenue and Wazee Street
  • Park Avenue and Blake Street
  • Park Avenue and Market Street
  • Park Avenue and Larimer Street
  • Park Avenue and Lawrence Street
  • Park Avenue and N Broadway & Arapahoe Street
  • 22nd Street and Blake Street
  • 22nd Street and Larimer Street
  • 22nd Street and Lawrence Street
  • 22nd Street and Arapahoe Street
  • 22nd Street and N Broadway

Blocks

  • 1000 Block of 22nd Street

20th Street

Download the 20th Street RSA Report(PDF, 3MB)

Audit Locations

Intersections

  • 20th Street and Broadway
  • 20th Street and Stout Street
  • 20th Street and Champa Street
  • 20th Street and Curtis Street
  • 20th Street and Arapahoe Street
  • 20th Street and Lawrence Street
  • 20th Street and Larimer Street
  • 20th Street and Market Street
  • 20th Street and Blake Street
  • 20th Street and Wazee Street
  • 20th Street and Chestnut Place
  • 20th Street and Little Raven Street
  • 20th Street and I-25 Northbound
  • 20th Street and I-25 Southbound


Federal Boulevard

Download the Federal Boulevard RSA Report(PDF, 8MB)

Audit Locations

Intersections

  • Federal Boulevard and 46th Avenue
  • Federal Boulevard and 47th Avenue
  • Federal Boulevard and I-70 Eastbound Ramps
  • Federal Boulevard and I-70 Westbound Ramps
  • Federal Boulevard and 49th Avenue
  • Federal Boulevard and 50th Avenue
  • Federal Boulevard and 51st Avenue
  • Federal Boulevard and 52nd Avenue

Blocks

  • 5100 Block of Federal Boulevard


Quebec Street

Download the Quebec Street RSA Report(PDF, 9MB)

Audit Locations

Intersections

  • Quebec Street and 26th Avenue
  • Quebec Street and 28th Avenue
  • Quebec Street and Shopping Center Access
  • Quebec Street and 29th Avenue
  • Quebec Street and 29th Drive
  • Quebec Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
  • Quebec Street and 33rd Avenue
  • Quebec Street and 35th Avenue
  • Quebec Street and 36th Avenue
  • Quebec Street and Smith Road

Chambers Road

Download the Chambers Road RSA Report(PDF, 5MB)

Audit Locations

Intersections

  • 40th Ave
  • 46th Ave
  • Bolling Dr
  • Gateway Ave/Green Valley Ranch Blvd
  • 52nd Ave
  • 53rd Ave
  • Maxwell Pl
  • 56th Ave

Blocks

  • 4800/5100 block

Hampden Avenue and Havana Street

A copy of the Hampden/Havana RSA Report is available upon request. Please fill out the form below.

Audit Locations

Hampden Intersections:

  • Dayton Street
  • Florence Street
  • Galena Street

Havana Intersections:

  • Girard Avenue
  • Dartmouth Avenue

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Sheridan Boulevard

A copy of the Sheridan Blvd RSA Report is available upon request. Please fill out the form below.

Audit Locations

Intersections:

  • US 285 eastbound and westbound ramp terminals
  • Commercial Access
  • Dartmouth Avenue
  • Bates Avenue
  • Yale Avenue
  • Warren Avenue
  • Evans Avenue
  • Jewell Avenue
  • Florida Avenue
  • Louisiana Avenue
  • Mississippi Avenue/ Morrison Road
  • Kentucky Avenue
  • Alameda Avenue

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Colorado Boulevard

A copy of the Colorado Blvd RSA Report is available upon request. Please fill out the form below.

Audit Locations

Intersections

  • 26th Ave
  • 28th Ave
  • 29th Ave
  • 30th Ave
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
  • Bruce Randolph Ave
  • 35th Ave

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