Calgary roads growing deadlier, city seeks millions for fixes
A new mobility report shows fatal and major injury collisions rising in 2025. Police have already recorded 12 road deaths this year, six involving pedestrians.
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Calgary's roads are becoming more dangerous. An annual safer mobility plan report shows 2025 saw an overall increase in fatal and major injury collisions compared to 2024, with pedestrians and cyclists hit hardest.
CalGary Police say 2026 has already recorded 12 fatalities on roads, with six involving pedestrians. Most of those pedestrian deaths happened at crosswalks.
"When you start looking left to see if it's clear for you to turn right, it might well have been by the time you looked left, but when you go to turn right, that could have changed," said Staff Sgt. Andy Woodward with Calgary Police's traffic unit. "Certainly, I think that may have happened on Friday afternoon," referring to a recent fatal collision at Bow Trail and 37 Street SW.
The city attributes the spike to aggressive driving, Calgary's rapid population boom, and provincial policies—specifically the reduced graduated licensing system and lax vehicle impound laws compared to other provinces. But engineering works. Where the city has made improvements, collisions have dropped 20 to 90 per cent, depending on the treatment applied.
A city councillor is motioning for millions of dollars in new funding. The report is headed to the Community Development Committee on Wednesday.
The message from police and city planners is clear: more money for infrastructure and enforcement, or more funerals.