Greensboro Counts 2025 Traffic Deaths With Cones
City officials displayed 32 cones outside Melvin Municipal Building during Safe Streets Week to mark the 2025 traffic death toll.
Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Accidents
Greensboro officials lined up 32 traffic cones outside the Melvin Municipal Building, with each cone representing a person who died in a traffic crash in 2025. The display is part of Safe Streets Week, when city officials and law enforcement are promoting safer driving, biking and walking.
Why it matters
Greensboro has recorded 38 traffic deaths in 2026, compared with 32 at the same point last year, indicating that deadly crashes continue in the city. The display and related events aim to draw attention to pedestrian and road safety for residents across Greensboro.
Greensboro recorded 32 traffic deaths at the same point in 2025 and 38 in 2026, according to city figures, and reached 50 to 52 annual deaths at its COVID-era peak. The extraction does not say what caused the 2026 deaths or whether the rise will persist.
The players
Greensboro Department of Transportation
The city agency responsible for transportation planning and road safety in Greensboro, which has set a goal of halving traffic deaths by 2035.
N.C. A&T State University
A public historically Black university in Greensboro that hosted pedestrian safety campaign events during Safe Streets Week.
The details
Greensboro Department of Transportation and law enforcement are partnering during Safe Streets Week to promote safer driving, biking and walking. Traffic cones are arranged outside the Melvin Municipal Building to display the 2025 death count.
Timeline
2025: 32 traffic deaths recorded in Greensboro.
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Pedestrian Safety Campaign at Market and Dudley streets.
Thursday, Nov. 12, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Pedestrian Safety Campaign at Market Street and Benbow Road.
Friday, Nov. 13, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: N.C. Shoe Memorial for World Day of Remembrance at Center City Park.
Sunday, Nov. 15, 1-3 p.m.: World Day of Remembrance Bike Ride from Community Bike Shop.
Big Picture
Greensboro's long-term goal of halving traffic deaths by 2035, with an eventual aim of zero, places the Safe Streets Week display within a zero-deaths road-safety framework. The 38 deaths recorded in 2026 so far show how far the city still has to go toward that target.
Pedestrian safety campaigns on Nov. 10 and Nov. 12 at Market Street intersections may affect traffic and crossings near those points. Residents can attend the Nov. 13 N.C. Shoe Memorial at Center City Park or the Nov. 15 bike ride starting from Community Bike Shop.
The takeaway
Traffic deaths in Greensboro remain above the prior year's pace, so drivers, cyclists and pedestrians can use the scheduled campaign events to review safe crossing and driving habits.
What happens next
The World Day of Remembrance events on Nov. 13 at Center City Park and the bike ride on Nov. 15 are scheduled to follow this display.
Further reading
For more on local road incidents, browse Accidents coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by WXLV.
