Colorado troopers cited 463 commercial vehicle drivers for 15 MPH or more over speed limit in 2025
The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) is reminding commercial vehicle drivers that they could face license suspension for excessive speeding.
On March 10, 2026, CSP issued a reminder to the trucking community about the consequences of speeding after 463 excessive speed citations were issued to commercial vehicle drivers in 2025, highest number in the last five years.
| CSP Citations for CMV Speeding Greater than 15 MPH Over | |
| 2021 | 447 |
| 2022 | 443 |
| 2023 | 235 |
| 2024 | 189 |
| 2025 | 463 |
Colorado troopers are reminding truckers that they could face a multi-week license suspension for excessive speeding or other dangerous driving behaviors.
“In Colorado, professional drivers face a 60-day license suspension if they have committed two serious traffic violations within three years while driving a CMV. A serious traffic violation can include excessive speeding (15+ mph), improper lane changes, reckless driving, or following too closely. If a driver commits three violations in three years, this triggers a 120-day license suspension,” CSP said.
“An 80,000-lb semi-truck traveling at 65 mph needs over 525 feet, nearly two football fields, to stop under ideal conditions,” stated Col. Matthew C. Packard, chief of the Colorado State Patrol. “When a CMV driver chooses to exceed this speed limit, they are expanding their margin for error and posing a hazard to everyone else sharing the road with them.”
The Colorado roadways where the highest number of CSP citations were issued in 2025 are:
- I-70
- Highway 160
- Highway 287
The Colorado counties where the most CSP citations were issued in 2025 are:
- Summit County (272)
- Eagle (95)
- Jefferson (30)
CSP recently launched a three-month campaign called “Stop Speeding.” As part of the campaign, Colorado troopers are taking a “low-tolerance approach to the top fatal crash factors, including lane violations and speeding.”