The Colorado Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP), which is identified as the Strategic Transportation Safety Plan (STSP) in Colorado, details the state's vision of having zero deaths and serious injuries so all people using any transportation mode arrive at their destination safety. The number of fatalities in Colorado have increased in 2020 (622) as compared to the previous year (597). With a 12 percent decrease in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 2020 influenced by the pandemic, fatality rates have increased by 18 percent. Motorcyclist fatalities and fatalities involving suspected alcohol or drug impairment were notably higher in 2020 as compared to the previous year (34% and 20%, respectively). For non-motorized crashes, fatalities increased as a result of an 22% increase in pedestrian crashes as compared to the previous year. Colorado did not meet or make significant progress toward achieving its safety performance targets for calendar year 2019. Colorado's HSIP program is administered by the Traffic Safety and Engineering (TSE) Services Branch at CDOT headquarters (HQ) under the Office of the Chief Engineer. The TSE staff coordinates with the CDOT Office of Transportation Safety (which is the State Highway Safety Office or SHSO) to ensure that safety programs align with each other's objectives. The TSE services branch actively engages with regional staff to coordinate efforts to research and analyze the need for safety improvements on segments and intersections statewide. The group provides subject matter expertise in safety and crash analyses to all roadway projects delivered by the Regions. The TSE staff also communicates and works directly with external entities and governing bodies such as FHWA, state and local law enforcement officials, other state agencies, metro planning organizations (MPO), municipalities, counties, as well as other interested parties. Colorado programmed a total of $29,761,316 of Federal HSIP funding (not including state or local match) towards safety improvement projects in state fiscal year (FY) 2021. During this reporting period, 10 percent of HSIP funding was programmed towards local (non-state highway) safety projects. Some of the reasons for the low participation include lack of local agency knowledge of the opportunity, lack of readily available data, nonexistent technical support, cumbersome federal aid program laws and regulations, lack of time and matching funds. CDOT recognizes these local agency challenges and has strategies planned to address them. Progress in local agency HSIP participation has been made by CDOT in recent years by conducting annual solicitation for local agency projects, as opposed to soliciting every three years. In addition, the Safety Circuit Rider (SCR) program that was implemented in 2019 continues to support to local agencies. The purpose of the SCR is to provide safety related education, training, outreach and support to local agency safety stakeholders under the direction of CDOT and in coordination with the Colorado Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP). The High Risk Rural Roads (HRRR) special rule was in effect for this reporting period and Colorado has fully obligated the HRRR funds for federal FY 2021. Colorado continues to promote and explore ways to integrate more systemic safety treatments as part of the HSIP. The systemic approach should help Colorado deliver more HRRR eligible projects, specifically along non state owned roadways. In this reporting period, $12,000,000 was transferred out of the HSIP to CDOT's Strategic Safety Program as directed by executive management. The Strategic Safety Program is focused on decreasing the frequency and severity of crashes through several systemic statewide safety treatments identified to improve safety and operations. This is meant to provide a more flexible source of funding for safety improvements projects that otherwise may not be able to practically utilize federal funding. The amount transferred is approximately equal to the amount of section 164 penalty funds that Colorado is required to obligate in federal FY 2021. CDOT has made financial related progress by improving the tracking and transparency of HSIP obligation through the use of monthly status reports shared with FHWA. In addition to HSIP, CDOT utilizes other sources of funding for safety improvement projects and treatments. The Funding Advancement for Surface Transportation and Economic Recovery Act of 2009 (FASTER) established the Road Safety Fund to support the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance roadway projects. The state Transportation Commission, a county, or a municipality, determines which projects are needed to enhance the safety of a state highway, county road, or city street. The funding dollars are allocated based on a statutory formula: 60% to CDOT, 22% to counties, and 18% to municipalities. For CDOT, the FASTER Safety Mitigation (FSM) program provides approximately $70 million per year to improve safety along state owned highways.