More than half of all calls made to Colorado State Patrol are tied to hostile conditions on the road.
In 2024, the organization’s emergency dispatchers answered 54,956 total calls. Fifty-six percent – more than 30,000 – were related to road rage or aggressive driving. That figure was up slightly, from 54 percent the year prior.
While the Denver Police Department does not keep a specific road rage metric, a spokesperson for DPD told CPR News that estimates do show a steady increase in aggressive behavior. In 2020, they catalogued 198 road rage incidents. Last year, the number was up by 151 percent to 497. Even accounting for fewer people on the roads during the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, experts say the spike in 2024 is both jarring and worrisome…