Lone Tree police warn of rising aggressive driving on I-25 corridor

Lone Tree police are warning that the stretch of Interstate 25 between RidgeGate Parkway and County Line Road has become one of the city’s most dangerous roadways, with speeding, weaving and risky lane changes turning a routine commute into a public-safety concern. The corridor carries hundreds of thousands of motorists each day, and police say drivers should slow down, stay in their lane and expect stepped-up enforcement.

Chief Kirk Wilson said aggressive driving has become a priority for the department, which began operating in 2005 and now serves about 15,000 residents and a daytime population of nearly 45,000. That daily surge of commuters, shoppers and workers makes I-25 a central part of life in Lone Tree, but also a corridor where a mistake can escalate quickly. The city’s police department said it works in a community-policing model and regularly partners with other agencies on traffic enforcement.

Recent enforcement numbers show how often officers are seeing trouble. During coordinated operations in February, March and April 2026, Lone Tree officers made 92 traffic stops, issued 69 citations and 12 warnings, and recorded speeds as high as 95 mph in a posted 65 mph zone. The citations included speeding, unsafe lane changes, Move Over Law violations and unregistered or suspended licenses. Police say those are not isolated lapses but part of a pattern that has made travel on this slice of I-25 feel less safe for residents, businesses and visitors.

The crash history points in the same direction. Lone Tree says crashes along I-25 rose from 520 in 2020 to 939 in 2025, a sharp increase that gives weight to the department’s warning. The city also notes that DUI numbers are part of the trend it is highlighting, adding another layer of risk on a freeway already carrying heavy daily traffic. CDOT says its crash dashboards are preliminary and subject to change, but the city’s own figures remain the clearest local measure of the problem.

The danger is not theoretical. In December 2024, Lone Tree police documented a reported shooting on southbound I-25 near County Line Road that began with an aggressive-driving confrontation, with the suspect reportedly traveling about 80 mph. In August 2024, Lone Tree police, CDOT, Colorado State Patrol, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and South Metro Fire Rescue responded to a single-car crash on northbound I-25 at RidgeGate Parkway. Then came a deadly crash in September 2025 just north of RidgeGate Parkway, followed by another fatal I-25 crash in Lone Tree in October 2025.

The corridor is also under pressure from ongoing mobility work south of Lincoln Avenue, where CDOT says the Lone Tree mobility hub project is creating new overnight lane and ramp closures. For drivers, that means one of Douglas County’s busiest routes is being watched more closely, managed more actively and treated by police as a corridor where caution is no longer optional.