Three pedestrians killed in 24 hours as Calgary hits 10-Year high in fatal crashes

Calgary is grappling with a surge in deadly traffic incidents after three pedestrians were killed in separate vehicle collisions within a 24-hour span this week.

The latest incidents bring the city’s 2025 fatal collision count to 30, the highest it has been in a decade.

The most recent tragedy occurred Thursday night when a woman in her 80s was struck and killed in the southwest community of Woodbine. She died at the scene.

This incident followed two other fatal pedestrian collisions in the city’s southeast on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.

Calgary police Staff Sgt. Andy Woodward expressed deep concern over the alarming trend.

“So again, I’m asking people to slow down, and pedestrians to be aware of where they are,” he urged.

According to Calgary Police, the number of fatal collisions in 2025 is nearly triple the number of homicides in the city so far this year. Eleven of the 30 traffic fatalities involved pedestrians.

The spike in deaths has prompted renewed debate among city leaders and mayoral candidates about how to improve road safety. Incumbent Mayor Jyoti Gondek criticized the provincial government’s decision to scale back automated traffic enforcement (ATE) on high-speed roads.

“I don’t know why the province thought it was a good idea to take away enforcement on high-speed roadways,” Gondek said. “We are actively telling them that they need to bring it back. I certainly hope they listen.”

Mayoral candidate Jeromy Farkas echoed the urgency, emphasizing a three-pronged approach.

“Engineering, education, and enforcement to be able to address this issue. We have to do absolutely everything we can as a city to address this,” he said.

Woodward agreed that infrastructure and enforcement are key.

“I have no doubt if we had both speed calming measures—traffic circles do slow people down—and obviously the ATE issue that we’ve had where cameras have been removed. We are slowly getting those back in,” he said.

Other mayoral candidates were contacted for comment. Sonya Sharp declined an interview, while Jeff Davison did not respond in time for broadcast.