These guides translate Colorado crash-law topics into practical action steps so you can protect your deadlines, liability position, and coverage strategy.
Colorado follows modified comparative negligence. Your recovery can be reduced by your share of fault, and recovery is barred when fault reaches 50% or more.
Deadlines control whether your claim can be filed at all. Missing a statute deadline can permanently block recovery even when liability is strong.
Colorado requires minimum liability coverage, but minimum limits may not cover severe injury or multi-vehicle loss scenarios.
Medical Payments coverage can provide early no-fault medical bill support after a crash, reducing immediate out-of-pocket pressure.
UM/UIM coverage can become a primary recovery path when the at-fault driver has no insurance or inadequate limits.
Damage-cap questions can materially affect valuation expectations. Case type and damages category determine whether a cap may apply.
DUI-related crashes often involve parallel criminal and civil timelines. Liability may appear clear, but damages still require full documentation.
Intersection crashes often involve conflicting right-of-way narratives. Signal controls, lane position, and witness credibility can decide liability percentages.
Colorado State Patrol looking for driver after I-70 crash injures woman - 9News
Driver allegedly crashes car on I-70 in Colorado, flees and leaves behind injured passenger - CBS News
Driver allegedly crashes on I-70, flees and leaves behind injured passenger - CBS News
Brighton man charged with vehicular homicide in DUI crash on I-76 that killed his daughter - The Denver Post
5 dead, 28 injured after massive car pileup in Colorado - USA Today