AURORA | The number of Aurora fatal car crashes spiked for a couple of years after the pandemic, and although it hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic levels, numbers have been consistently declining, police reported this week.

“Fatalities have increased over the last 10 years,” Carlie Campuzano, deputy director of transportation and mobility, said. “The bigger increase really kind of started in 2020, and then coming out of the pandemic.”

During a City Council study session Monday, Campuzano presented city council with a transportation safety update, showing that fatal crashes in Aurora spiked in 2022 and 2023, outpacing statewide increases. However, 2024 and 2025 saw a modest decline, although the city remains above its pre-pandemic levels.

Campuzano said a significant share of Aurora’s ele

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