Market data
Personal injury in Colorado: market data
What public records say about the market for personal injury in Colorado: how much demand the courts and agencies count, how many law offices serve it, how many people need help in Spanish, and the ad rules that apply. Every number links to the record it comes from.
Demand: what courts and agencies count
Counts of filings, crashes, complaints and enforcement in the records each agency keeps. A count shows where problems were recorded, not how many people will hire a lawyer.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal crashes with an alcohol-impaired driver | 191 crashes | 2024 | Colorado state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:08 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes killing a bicyclist | 15 crashes | 2024 | Colorado state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:08 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes | 642 crashes | 2024 | Colorado state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:08 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| People killed in crashes | 689 deaths | 2024 | Colorado state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:08 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes involving a large truck | 90 crashes | 2024 | Colorado state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:08 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal motorcycle crashes | 170 crashes | 2024 | Colorado state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:08 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes killing a pedestrian | 112 crashes | 2024 | Colorado state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:08 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: personal injury | 273 cases filed, fiscal year | FY2025 | Colorado state | federal-filings-county v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750628 record federal-filings-county:CO · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Workers who commute by car, truck or van | 2,237,816 ±8,203 workers age 16+ | 2020-2024 | Colorado state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-co · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Truck and bus crashes reported to FMCSA | 2,130 crashes | 2025 | Colorado state | truck-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677 record truck-crashes:CO · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Deaths in truck and bus crashes | 71 deaths | 2025 | Colorado state | truck-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677 record truck-crashes:CO · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Truck and bus crashes with an injury | 679 crashes | 2025 | Colorado state | truck-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677 record truck-crashes:CO · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| OSHA fatality or catastrophe inspections | 26 inspections | FY2025 | Colorado state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:CO · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| OSHA inspections | 781 inspections | FY2025 | Colorado state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:CO · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal civil filings: private Federal Employers Liability Act (railroad workers) | 9 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of Colorado federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-co-priv-fela · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private marine personal injury | 0 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of Colorado federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-co-priv-marine-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private motor vehicle personal injury | 64 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of Colorado federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-co-priv-motor-vehicle-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private other personal injury (includes product liability, drug and device cases) | 232 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of Colorado federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-co-priv-other-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed: personal injury | 741 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | District of Colorado federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-co-personal-injury · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
Rising or falling
The change between the last two periods each source publishes. No threshold and no smoothing.
| Measure | Before | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal crashes with an alcohol-impaired driver Colorado · record fatal-crashes:08 | 189 2023 | 191 2024 | rising (+1.1%) |
| Fatal crashes killing a bicyclist Colorado · record fatal-crashes:08 | 20 2023 | 15 2024 | falling (-25%) |
| Fatal crashes Colorado · record fatal-crashes:08 | 666 2023 | 642 2024 | falling (-3.6%) |
| People killed in crashes Colorado · record fatal-crashes:08 | 720 2023 | 689 2024 | falling (-4.3%) |
| Fatal crashes involving a large truck Colorado · record fatal-crashes:08 | 87 2023 | 90 2024 | rising (+3.4%) |
| Fatal motorcycle crashes Colorado · record fatal-crashes:08 | 133 2023 | 170 2024 | rising (+27.8%) |
| Fatal crashes killing a pedestrian Colorado · record fatal-crashes:08 | 125 2023 | 112 2024 | falling (-10.4%) |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: personal injury Colorado · record federal-filings-county:CO | 234 FY2024 | 273 FY2025 | rising (+16.7%) |
| Truck and bus crashes reported to FMCSA Colorado · record truck-crashes:CO | 1,995 2024 | 2,130 2025 | rising (+6.8%) |
| Deaths in truck and bus crashes Colorado · record truck-crashes:CO | 109 2024 | 71 2025 | falling (-34.9%) |
| Truck and bus crashes with an injury Colorado · record truck-crashes:CO | 538 2024 | 679 2025 | rising (+26.2%) |
| OSHA fatality or catastrophe inspections Colorado · record wage-enforcement:CO | 20 FY2024 | 26 FY2025 | rising (+30%) |
Lawyer supply
How many law offices and lawyers the federal statistics count here.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New lawyers admitted | 1,311 lawyers a year | 2025 | Colorado state | bar-pipeline v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443 record co-bar-pipeline · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties under 1 law office per 10,000 residents | 12 counties | 2026-Q1 | Colorado state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-08 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties with no law office | 12 counties | 2026-Q1 | Colorado state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-08 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents living in those low-office counties | 0.7 percent of residents | 2026-Q1 | Colorado state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-08 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employer law firms | 3,473 firms | 2022 | Colorado state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-co-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Receipts of employer law firms | 5,981,270,000 US dollars | 2022 | Colorado state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-co-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Law offices per 10,000 residents | 7.2 per 10,000 residents | 2026-Q1 | Colorado state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-08 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms) | 5,496 firms | latest Nonemployer Statistics year | Colorado state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-08 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Private law offices | 4,331 establishments | 2026-Q1 | Colorado state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-08 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Lawyers employed (wage-earning, BLS OEWS) | 16,720 jobs | May 2025 | Colorado state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:CO:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Median annual wage of employed lawyers | 168,520 US dollars a year | May 2025 | Colorado state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:CO:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Counties with the most demand per law office
Of the 25 counties in Colorado with the most fatal crashes, the ten with the most per private law office. Both counts are shown with their records.
| County | Demand | Law offices | Per office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Creek County, CO | 4 record fatal-crashes:08019 | 2 record law-offices-08019 | 2 |
| Kit Carson County, CO | 4 record fatal-crashes:08063 | 3 record law-offices-08063 | 1.33 |
| Park County, CO | 4 record fatal-crashes:08093 | 3 record law-offices-08093 | 1.33 |
| Fremont County, CO | 11 record fatal-crashes:08043 | 9 record law-offices-08043 | 1.22 |
| Morgan County, CO | 6 record fatal-crashes:08087 | 6 record law-offices-08087 | 1 |
| Weld County, CO | 62 record fatal-crashes:08123 | 76 record law-offices-08123 | 0.82 |
| Elbert County, CO | 4 record fatal-crashes:08039 | 6 record law-offices-08039 | 0.67 |
| Otero County, CO | 4 record fatal-crashes:08089 | 6 record law-offices-08089 | 0.67 |
| Adams County, CO | 79 record fatal-crashes:08001 | 121 record law-offices-08001 | 0.65 |
| Montezuma County, CO | 4 record fatal-crashes:08083 | 7 record law-offices-08083 | 0.57 |
Fatal crashes (fatal-crashes v1.0.0, 2024) ÷ Private law offices (law-offices v1.0.0, 2026-Q1). ratio = fatal-crashes.fatal_crashes / law-offices.qcew_estabs, rounded to 2 decimals; ranked highest first, among the 25 units with the most demand. Units with zero supply are listed apart (ratio undefined); units without a published value are listed as missing.
Spanish-language demand
People who speak Spanish and speak English less than very well, and the lawyers who speak Spanish, from the Census Bureau survey (with margins of error).
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) | 808 ±275 lawyers | 2020-2024 | Colorado state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:CO:lawyers-spanish · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer | 271 ±92.4 people per lawyer | 2020-2024 | Colorado state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:CO:lep-per-spanish-lawyer · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English (ACS) | 218,947 ±4,865 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Colorado state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:CO:spanish-lep · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English | 218,947 ±4,867 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Colorado state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-co · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Ad rules that apply
The rules a law firm's ads in Colorado have to meet, summarized from the official texts. The full rules, with quotes, are on the state page.
| Topic | Status | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | No filing or pre-approval is required for advertising. A lawyer must keep a copy or recording of each targeted solicitation, and a sample envelope, for five years (Rule 7.3(f)(3)). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Required content | P primary source | Every ad must include the name and contact information of at least one lawyer or firm responsible for its content (Rule 7.2(d)). Contact information means a website address, a telephone number, an email address or a physical office location (comment [12]). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Waiting periods for contact | P primary source | Targeted solicitation about personal injury or wrongful death is barred for 30 days after the incident, unless the lawyer has a family or prior business or professional relationship with the person (Rule 7.3(d); C.R.S. 13-93-111). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Claims and results | P primary source | No ad may contain a false or misleading statement (Rule 7.1). Reporting past results can mislead if it creates an unjustified expectation of the same result for other clients (7.1 cmt [3]); unsubstantiated comparisons of services or fees can mislead (7.1 cmt… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | A lawyer may not give anything of value to a person for recommending the lawyer's services, except to pay reasonable ad costs, the usual charges of a legal service plan or a not-for-profit or qualified lawyer referral service, the price of a practice sale,… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Call recording | P primary source | Recording a telephone or electronic communication without the consent of either a sender or a receiver is wiretapping, so the consent of one party is enough. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Texting | P primary source | A violation of Colorado's no-call part (C.R.S. §§ 6-1-901 to 6-1-908) is a deceptive trade practice under the Consumer Protection Act, and a residential subscriber who receives an unlawful telephone solicitation may sue under that act (§ 6-1-113(1)(a)). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | Colorado: no filing or review of lawyer ads is required. official source · filing v1.2.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721409 · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Paying for referrals | U open or withheld | Not verified: we could not read Colorado's official fee-division rule on 2026-10-27, so the fee-division cells are left blank. official source · referral v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23747113 · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Limitation period | P primary source | Colorado, personal injury: two years, under C.R.S. § 13-80-102(1)(a), as read in the official code on 2026-10-28. official source · limitations v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743673 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Limitation period | P primary source | Colorado, wrongful death: two years, under C.R.S. § 13-80-102(1)(d), as read in the official code on 2026-10-28. official source · limitations v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743673 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Limitation period | P primary source | Colorado, property damage: two years, under C.R.S. § 13-80-102(1)(a), as read in the official code on 2026-10-28. official source · limitations v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743673 · checked 2026-10-28 |
Prices and pay (national)
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs in legal services (seasonally adjusted) | 1,249 thousand jobs | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CES6054110001:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| CPI-U: legal services | 230 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CUUR0000SEGC01:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: offices of lawyers | 338 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: civil negligence legal services | 257 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU5411105411103:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Probative benchmarks, 2025–2026
Our own marketing benchmarks for this practice: aggregated, rounded, and small groups suppressed.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probative benchmarks, 2025–2026: Injury cases: average cost per search-ad click | $50–75 USD (band) | 2025–2026 | United States United States | benchmarks v4.0.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735849 record search-click-costs-1 · status P · checked 2026-10-26 |
What is missing
Datasets linked to this practice that have no figure here, and values the source withholds. We never fill these in.
- state-courts (demand): the dataset has no records for Colorado (it covers other places)
- ca-courts (demand): the dataset has no records for Colorado (it covers other places)
- findings (demand): the dataset has no records for Colorado (it covers other places)
- findings (supply): the dataset has no records for Colorado (it covers other places)
- firm-web-census (supply): the dataset has no records for Colorado (it covers other places)
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The rows behind this page, with every dataset, version, DOI, record id and check date.
Cite as: Probative Growth, The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443); Probative benchmarks, 2025–2026 v4.0.1 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735849); Federal civil filings by nature of suit and district, 12-month periods since 2018 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009); Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430); Fatal crashes by county and type: trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists, NHTSA FARS 2019 to 2024 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739); Federal civil cases filed, by county of the plaintiff's residence, case type and year (Federal Judicial Center) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750628); How long federal civil cases take: outcomes, class actions and pro se share by district, nature of suit and year v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969); Spanish-speaking demand vs Spanish-speaking lawyer supply, by state and metro v1.1.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758); Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997); Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415); Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840); Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886); Legal-services prices and jobs, monthly (BLS CPI, PPI and CES) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854); Truck and bus crashes by county, state and year (FMCSA crash file) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677); Wage-and-hour and OSHA enforcement by county, state, act and industry (U.S. Department of Labor) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226); CC BY 4.0. https://probativegrowth.com/markets/colorado/personal-injury/
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How this page is built
Each figure is copied from one record of the dataset named with it, joined to this state and practice through the open practice and place crosswalk. Nothing is estimated. Methods, inputs and limits.