FOX31 (KDVR) ran a story by Nate Belt pulling fresh numbers from the Colorado State Patrol on where speeding citations are stacking up across Colorado highways. The basic takeaway is not complicated: people are still hammering the gas, and CSP says that habit shows up in crashes, injuries, and winter fatalities.
The report notes that statewide speeding citations actually dipped a bit year-over-year, from more than 47,000 in 2024 to just over 44,000 in 2025. But certain counties are sprinting in the wrong direction, and CSP says from November 2024 to March 2025 they responded to nearly 12,000 crashes statewide, with speeding often a top causal factor in injury and fatal winter crashes.
The Bullet Point Brief
- CSP says statewide speeding citations fell from 2024 to 2025, but “fell” is doing a lot of work when the number is still over 44,000. That is not a dip, that is a lifestyle.
- El Paso County led the state for the highest speeding intervals with 1,727 citations in 2025. Apparently the passing lane is a personality type down there.
- Summit County was second with 1,335, and Eagle County made the top five with 728. Flying through narrow mountain corridors is not “confidence.” It is how you meet a guardrail up close.
- Jefferson (873) and Adams (755) also hit the top five, and both were higher than their 2024 totals. The Denver metro continues its proud tradition of acting like every commute is the Indy 500.
- CSP is blunt about why this matters: higher speeds cut reaction time, and winter hazards do not care that you are late. If you see a dangerous speeder, they say call *CSP or *277.
My Bottom Line
I’m certainly glad Weld is not on the list, because speed kills. It is not a slogan. It is physics. And physics wins every time.
Of course, this is a FOX31 story, so I’m reading it with one eyebrow up and a hand hovering over the “what exactly are we measuring here?” button. They are looking at speeding citations by the highest speeding intervals, which tells you something, but it is not the full story of every road, every corridor, every enforcement pattern, every local problem spot.
And speaking of local problem spots, the folks at 9NEWS have been all over the Kersey and County Road 49 situation. If you ranked “where the danger is getting ignored the longest” or “where people are rolling the dice around a known choke point,” you might get a different list than the FOX31 numbers.
Source: Fox 31
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