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Pueblo Pedestrian Accident Lawyers Who Fight for Crosswalk Victims on US 50 and Beyond

Being struck on foot near US 50 (Pueblo Blvd.), I-25, Northern Avenue, or any Pueblo crosswalk can leave you with broken bones, a traumatic brain injury, spinal damage, or far worse. CGH Injury Lawyers serves Pueblo pedestrian accident victims from our Denver office, files in Pueblo County when insurers refuse to be fair, and collects nothing unless we win for you.

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  • Colorado law requires drivers to yield to pedestrians at every marked and unmarked crosswalk in Pueblo under C.R.S. 42-4-802. That rule applies at every intersection on US 50 (Pueblo Blvd.), Northern Avenue (SH 45), and US 96, whether or not painted lines are visible on the pavement. The absence of crosswalk markings is not a legal defense for a driver who fails to yield.
  • Colorado's modified comparative fault rule (C.R.S. 13-21-111) means you can still recover even if you were partly at fault for what happened. As long as you were less than 50 percent responsible, your award is reduced by your share of fault rather than eliminated. A driver's speed, distraction, or failure to yield still counts against them even when you were crossing outside a painted crosswalk.
  • Pedestrian accident cases filed in Pueblo go to the Pueblo County District Court, 320 W. 10th St., Pueblo, CO 81003, in the 10th Judicial District. CGH Injury Lawyers files and tries Pueblo County pedestrian cases directly from our Denver office, with no added cost to Pueblo clients.

Pueblo sits at the junction of I-25 and US 50, two of southern Colorado's heaviest commercial freight corridors. For people on foot, the surface streets connecting those corridors, including the commercial stretch of Pueblo Blvd. (US 50) and the Northern Avenue arterial, place pedestrians in direct contact with high-speed and heavy commercial traffic at every shift of the light. When a driver strikes a person walking in Pueblo, the physical harm is severe and the legal questions are often more complex than they first appear. CGH Injury Lawyers investigates Pueblo pedestrian accident cases, challenges incomplete police reports, pursues every available insurance policy, and prepares every case for trial in Pueblo County. CGH Injury Lawyers does not have a Pueblo office. We serve Pueblo from our Denver office and come to you. You pay nothing unless we recover for you.

Your right of way

Colorado pedestrian right-of-way law and how it applies in Pueblo (C.R.S. 42-4-802)

Colorado Revised Statutes 42-4-802 is the foundational statute for pedestrian protection across every road in the state, including every intersection on US 50, Northern Avenue, and US 96 in Pueblo. It defines precisely when a driver must stop and wait for someone on foot, and it is the core of nearly every Pueblo pedestrian liability claim.

Under C.R.S. 42-4-802, a driver approaching any crosswalk in Pueblo must yield the right of way to a pedestrian who is in the crosswalk or close enough to be in immediate danger. Once you have entered the crosswalk, every driver moving the same direction must stop and remain stopped until you have safely crossed. A driver in a second lane may not pass a vehicle that has already stopped to let you cross. This rule matters enormously on US 50 (Pueblo Blvd.), where multiple lanes of commercial and through traffic share the same intersections with foot traffic throughout the commercial corridor.

  • The yielding duty applies at painted crosswalks, signal-controlled crossings, and at unmarked crosswalks at intersections where sidewalks exist on both sides of the roadway. There is no requirement that paint be visible on the pavement. An insurance adjuster who tells you there was no crosswalk because there were no stripes is describing a myth, not Colorado law.
  • Pedestrians also carry duties under C.R.S. 42-4-803: a person crossing mid-block must yield to vehicles, and traffic signals control the crossing when they are present. Even a pedestrian who violates one of those rules does not automatically lose the right to compensation if the driver was also negligent.
  • On a multi-lane road like US 50 (Pueblo Blvd.), a driver in the far lane who passes a stopped vehicle without seeing the pedestrian already in the crosswalk is violating C.R.S. 42-4-802 directly. That specific statutory violation makes liability clearer and harder for an insurer to dispute.

Drivers and their insurers routinely argue that a Pueblo pedestrian was jaywalking, crossing against the light, or not visible. Our job is to counter those arguments with the statute, with camera footage from the intersection, and with the physical evidence from the scene before it disappears.

Where Pueblo pedestrian accidents happen

The Pueblo roads and crossings behind the most serious pedestrian injury claims

Pedestrian accidents in Pueblo concentrate on corridors where vehicle speeds are high, commercial trucks share lanes with foot traffic, and turning movements are frequent. Knowing where your accident happened helps identify every responsible party, including those beyond the driver who struck you.

  1. US 50 (Pueblo Blvd.) Commercial Corridor

    US Highway 50 runs east-west through Pueblo as Pueblo Boulevard, one of the primary commercial freight routes in southern Colorado. The surface arterial nature of the corridor means trucks, passenger vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians share intersections at irregular intervals throughout the day. For pedestrians, the combination of heavy vehicle volume, frequent commercial driveways, and multi-lane turning movements creates real exposure at nearly every intersection. Left-turn crashes, where a turning driver watches for oncoming vehicles and misses a pedestrian already in the crosswalk, are one of the most common injury patterns on this corridor. When a pedestrian is struck on US 50 by a commercial vehicle, the claim may extend beyond the driver to the carrier, the shipper, and any other party responsible for that vehicle's operation.

  2. Northern Avenue (SH 45) Arterial and Surrounding Intersections

    State Highway 45, traveled locally as Northern Avenue, is a major surface arterial through the northern section of Pueblo. Arterial corridors with frequent cross-traffic, commercial access points, and driveways produce a higher rate of angle and turning crashes than limited-access highways. For pedestrians, the challenge on Northern Avenue is that drivers who have been traveling at arterial speeds often fail to reduce speed adequately before reaching crosswalk zones near commercial properties and residential streets. When a pedestrian is struck here, the evidence window is short. Camera footage from nearby businesses and traffic signals can be overwritten quickly, and the at-fault driver's insurer may contact the victim within hours of the crash.

  3. I-25 On-Ramps, Interchange Zones, and Adjacent Surface Streets

    Interstate 25 is the north-south spine of Pueblo. While pedestrian activity on the interstate itself is uncommon, the surface streets adjacent to I-25 interchange zones carry significant risk for people on foot. Drivers accelerating to enter I-25 or decelerating after exiting often carry highway-level speed into intersections where pedestrians expect normal traffic conditions. Rear-end crashes and lane-change collisions at merge zones can also push vehicles into crosswalk areas. On any I-25-adjacent surface street crash involving a pedestrian, the government-entity rules apply if a road defect, missing signal, or poorly designed interchange contributed to the collision.

  4. US 96 and Residential Feeder Intersections

    US Highway 96 extends east from Pueblo through a more rural corridor and connects to residential and commercial zones on the eastern edge of the city. Where US 96 transitions from a higher-speed through-road into the urban street grid, drivers who have been traveling at open-road speeds often fail to recognize crosswalk zones that appear suddenly in what feels like a highway environment. That speed-zone transition is a documented pedestrian injury pattern on similar corridors statewide. The intersection of US 96 with residential feeder streets can produce unmarked-crosswalk disputes that require C.R.S. 42-4-802 analysis to resolve correctly.

  5. Winter Road Conditions and the Arkansas River Corridor

    Pueblo sits at approximately 4,692 feet in elevation and experiences significant winter weather, including ice events that form rapidly on US 50 and I-25. Ice and standing water reduce driver stopping distances at exactly the moment pedestrians may be crossing to avoid affected routes. The Arkansas River runs through Pueblo, and roads in the river corridor can experience flood-related surface degradation and poor visibility during rain events. When winter or wet-weather conditions contributed to the crash, they can affect both the fault analysis and any claim against a public entity that failed to clear or warn of the hazard within the required timeframe.

Partly at fault?

What if you were partly at fault for the Pueblo pedestrian accident?

Insurers almost always try to shift blame onto the pedestrian. Even when you were crossing against a light, stepping off the curb unexpectedly, or walking near a crosswalk rather than on one, you may still be owed significant compensation under Colorado law.

The 50 percent bar rule (C.R.S. 13-21-111)

Colorado follows a modified comparative negligence system. If you are less than 50 percent at fault, you recover, but your award is reduced by your share. If you are found 50 percent or more at fault, you recover nothing.

  • Found 0 percent at fault: you recover 100 percent of your damages.
  • Found 25 percent at fault: you recover 75 percent of your damages.
  • Found 49 percent at fault: you recover 51 percent of your damages.
  • Found 50 percent or more at fault: you recover nothing.

The word "jaywalking" is an adjuster's favorite tool. It shifts your fault percentage upward without necessarily putting you above 49 percent. A driver who was speeding on US 50, looking at a phone, or executing a turn without watching the crosswalk can still carry the majority of fault even when you were crossing outside a marked crossing zone. We use traffic camera footage, accident reconstruction, and witness statements to challenge inflated fault assignments in Pueblo County, where commercial truck traffic and multi-lane arterials create plenty of room to establish driver negligence.

Compensation

What you can recover after a Pueblo pedestrian accident

When a vehicle strikes a person on foot, the injuries are often catastrophic. Colorado law lets injured pedestrians recover the full documented financial loss and the human cost of a serious injury across two main categories of damages.

Economic damages (no cap)

  • Emergency care and hospitalization at UCHealth Parkview Medical Center, St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center, or any transfer facility
  • All future medical treatment, surgeries, and rehabilitation
  • Lost wages from the time you could not work during recovery
  • Lost earning capacity when the injury changes what you can do for work long-term
  • Assistive devices, home modifications, and long-term care expenses
  • Out-of-pocket costs tied directly to the accident and recovery

Non-economic and other damages

  • Pain and suffering during treatment and the long recovery that follows a pedestrian strike
  • Emotional distress, PTSD, and anxiety caused by the accident
  • Loss of enjoyment of life when injuries limit activities you valued before the crash
  • Disfigurement and scarring, which are uncapped under Colorado law
  • Compensation for physical impairment, which is also uncapped and often the highest-value category in serious pedestrian cases
  • Loss of consortium for a spouse affected by the injury

For claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025, Colorado caps non-economic damages such as pain and suffering at $1.5 million under C.R.S. 13-21-102.5. Economic damages, including every medical bill and every dollar of lost income, are never capped. Compensation for physical impairment and disfigurement carries no cap at all, which means that in a serious Pueblo pedestrian case involving broken bones, spinal injury, or permanent disability, those uncapped categories can represent the largest portion of the claim. When a pedestrian accident takes a life, surviving family members may pursue a wrongful death claim under Colorado law for funeral costs, lost financial support, and loss of companionship.

Who pays

Insurance coverage for Pueblo pedestrian accident victims

Pedestrian accident victims are often surprised that more than one insurance policy may cover their injuries. Understanding the sources of coverage before you talk to any adjuster is critical to protecting the full value of your Pueblo claim.

  • The at-fault driver's liability policy is the primary source. Colorado's minimum bodily injury liability requirement is $25,000 per person, but many drivers carry higher limits, and when a commercial vehicle on US 50 or I-25 struck you, the carrier's commercial policy may provide substantially higher coverage. Identifying the full policy stack is one of the first things we do on every Pueblo pedestrian case.
  • Your own auto policy may cover you even though you were on foot. Uninsured and underinsured motorist (UM/UIM) coverage applies to pedestrians in Colorado. It provides compensation when the at-fault driver has no insurance, too little insurance, or flees the scene. Colorado UM/UIM claims are governed by C.R.S. 13-80-107.5 under Pham v. State Farm, 2013 CO 17.
  • When a City of Pueblo vehicle, a CDOT maintenance vehicle, or a road defect in Pueblo County contributed to the accident, the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act (CGIA) becomes relevant. For claims accruing on or after January 1, 2026, the CGIA caps recovery from a public entity at $505,000 per person and $1,421,000 per occurrence (C.R.S. 24-10-114). A written notice of claim must be served within 182 days of discovering the injury (C.R.S. 24-10-109(1)). Missing that 182-day window bars the claim against the government entity entirely, regardless of how strong the underlying facts are.
  • Health insurance and any medical payments (MedPay) coverage on an auto policy can pay early medical bills at UCHealth Parkview Medical Center or St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center. Health insurers typically hold subrogation rights, and we negotiate those liens so you keep more of your recovery.

Insurance companies, including your own, act in their financial interest first. Do not give a recorded statement, sign a medical authorization, or accept any early settlement offer before speaking with an attorney who can evaluate every policy in play and the full extent of your injuries.

After the accident

What to do after being struck on foot in Pueblo

The decisions made in the minutes and hours after a pedestrian accident in Pueblo shape what evidence is available and what compensation you can ultimately recover. These steps protect your health and your legal rights.

  1. Call 911 from the scene

    A Pueblo police report creates an official record of the location, the vehicle, and the driver's information. On busy corridors like US 50 (Pueblo Blvd.) and Northern Avenue, arriving officers can also take steps to preserve any intersection camera footage before it is overwritten. Request medical response even if you believe your injuries are minor, because pedestrian strikes often hide internal or neurological damage that surfaces days later.

  2. Get evaluated at UCHealth Parkview Medical Center or St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center

    UCHealth Parkview Medical Center is Pueblo's Level II Trauma Center, meaning it is equipped to handle critical injury presentations around the clock without transfer to Denver. St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center also serves Pueblo and provides additional care options. Traumatic brain injuries, spinal damage, and internal bleeding may not be obvious at the scene. Getting examined promptly protects your health and creates the medical record that connects your injuries to the accident. We work with hospital records from both facilities from the start of every serious Pueblo case.

  3. Document everything you can at the scene

    Photograph the vehicle, the road surface, any crosswalk markings or the absence of them, traffic signals, and your visible injuries. Note exactly where the crossing occurred, whether it was at an intersection or mid-block, and the road and weather conditions at the time. Get the names and contact information of any witnesses before they leave, and note the direction the vehicle was traveling and whether it was turning. Commercial vehicles carry additional evidence, including dash camera recordings and driver log books, that can be sought in discovery.

  4. Do not give a recorded statement to any insurer

    The at-fault driver's insurer will likely call within days of the crash. They are not on your side. Do not agree to a recorded statement, accept a fast offer, or sign any release before you have spoken with a pedestrian accident attorney. Early settlements on Pueblo pedestrian cases routinely fail to account for future medical treatment, permanent disability, and the uncapped impairment damages that often carry the most value in serious claims.

  5. Watch the government-entity clock if a public vehicle or road defect was involved

    If a City of Pueblo vehicle, a CDOT maintenance truck, or a road condition in Pueblo County caused or contributed to the accident, a written notice of claim must be served within 182 days of discovering the injury under C.R.S. 24-10-109(1). That clock runs from the date of discovery of the injury, not necessarily from the date of the crash itself. Missing it bars the claim against the government entity entirely, no matter how strong the other facts are.

  6. Contact a Pueblo pedestrian accident attorney

    Camera footage from intersections on US 50 and Northern Avenue can be overwritten in days. The three-year filing deadline for a pedestrian accident caused by a motor vehicle under C.R.S. 13-80-101(1)(n) gives you time to plan, but evidence preservation starts now. A free consultation with CGH Injury Lawyers costs you nothing and starts the investigation immediately.

Local knowledge

Pueblo courts. Pueblo trauma care. Pueblo pedestrian corridors.

A Pueblo pedestrian accident case lives in Pueblo: the road where you were struck, the hospital that treated you, and the courthouse where a lawsuit may be filed. Here is the local ground we work on for every Pueblo County pedestrian client.

Courthouse

Pueblo County District Court (10th Judicial District), 320 W. 10th St.

Pueblo pedestrian accident lawsuits above the county-court jurisdictional limit are filed at the Pueblo County District Court, 320 W. 10th St., Pueblo, CO 81003, in Colorado's 10th Judicial District. Unlike many Colorado cities where residents must travel to a distant county seat, Pueblo has its own dedicated district court in the city center. That means the jury pool is drawn from Pueblo County residents, the local defense firms your claim faces have Pueblo County experience, and the procedures reflect the 10th Judicial District. Pedestrian cases tried before a Pueblo-drawn jury pool require familiarity with Pueblo's specific roads and crossing conditions, particularly on US 50 (Pueblo Blvd.) and the Northern Avenue corridor. CGH Injury Lawyers handles 10th Judicial District pedestrian cases directly from our Denver office at no additional cost to Pueblo clients. CGH Injury Lawyers does not have a Pueblo office. We serve Pueblo County clients from our Denver office and meet you where it works for you.

Trauma Care

UCHealth Parkview Medical Center (Level II Trauma) and St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center

After a pedestrian accident in Pueblo, injured people are typically transported to UCHealth Parkview Medical Center, Pueblo's Level II Trauma Center, which is equipped to handle critical injury presentations around the clock without transfer to Denver. For pedestrian accident victims, who often arrive with orthopedic fractures, head injuries, and internal trauma from vehicle impact, those initial trauma records at Parkview are the foundation of the damages claim. St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center also serves Pueblo and provides additional care options for injured Pueblo residents. The trauma records, imaging studies, and surgical notes from either facility document the scope of the injuries and support every category of the damages claim through every stage of litigation. We work with hospital records and billing from both facilities from day one. When injuries are so severe that they require specialized care beyond what is available in Pueblo, patients may be transferred to facilities in Denver, and we coordinate records from every treating location.

High-Risk Pedestrian Corridors

US 50 (Pueblo Blvd.), Northern Avenue (SH 45), I-25 Adjacent Streets, and US 96

US Highway 50 runs east-west through Pueblo as Pueblo Boulevard, one of the primary commercial freight routes in southern Colorado, with heavy truck volume at all hours and multi-lane turning movements at every major intersection. For pedestrians, that means sharing crossing zones with both passenger vehicles and commercial freight, creating concentrated risk particularly at intersections where turning trucks have limited visibility of someone already in the crosswalk. State Highway 45 (Northern Avenue) provides a major arterial connection through the northern part of Pueblo, generating angle and turning crashes where drivers traveling at arterial speed encounter crosswalks attached to commercial properties and residential feeder streets. Interstate 25 is the north-south spine of Pueblo County, and while pedestrians are not present on the interstate itself, the surface streets adjacent to I-25 interchange zones carry high traffic volume with highway-adjacent speeds. US 96 extends east from Pueblo and creates speed-transition pedestrian risk where the highway corridor meets the urban grid. The combination of I-25 and US 50 makes Pueblo one of the highest-volume collision environments in Colorado outside the Denver metro area, and pedestrian incidents on the surface streets connecting these corridors are among the injury patterns we see most often in Pueblo cases.

Your team

The Pueblo pedestrian accident team behind your case

CGH Injury Lawyers is a eight-attorney Colorado firm founded in 2016, formerly Cheney Galluzzi and Howard. Managing Partner Kevin Cheney is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and has tried over 25 cases to verdict. Timothy G. Tarr has been recognized by Best Lawyers every year since 2023. Pedestrian accident cases require scene investigation, camera footage preservation, and reconstruction analysis that happen quickly after the crash, and our team moves fast on all three. Every Pueblo pedestrian case is handled by a licensed Colorado attorney who files and tries cases in the 10th Judicial District, not by a paralegal.

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One thing we will tell you upfront: CGH Injury Lawyers does not have a Pueblo office. We serve Pueblo pedestrian accident clients from our Denver office at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201, Denver, CO 80205. We come to you for meetings when needed, file at the Pueblo County District Court, and try cases in the 10th Judicial District. What you get is the investigation and the result, not a storefront on Pueblo Boulevard.

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Frequently asked questions

Pueblo pedestrian accident frequently asked questions

How long do I have to file a pedestrian accident lawsuit in Pueblo?

Colorado gives you three years from the date of the accident to file a lawsuit when a motor vehicle struck you (C.R.S. 13-80-101(1)(n)). That deadline runs from the day of the collision, not from when you finish treatment. If a government entity such as the City of Pueblo or CDOT contributed to the accident through a vehicle or a road defect, you must also serve a written notice of claim within 182 days of discovering the injury under C.R.S. 24-10-109(1), or the claim against that entity is barred entirely. Camera footage from US 50 intersections and nearby business surveillance can disappear in days, so starting the investigation early matters regardless of where you are in the three-year window.

What if the driver who struck me in Pueblo had no insurance or fled the scene?

Your own uninsured motorist (UM) coverage can apply to pedestrian accidents in Colorado even though you were not in a vehicle at the time. If the driver had too little insurance to cover your damages, your underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage fills the gap. Colorado UM/UIM claims are governed by C.R.S. 13-80-107.5 under Pham v. State Farm, 2013 CO 17. We also investigate whether the driver has personal assets beyond any policy, whether a vehicle owner shares responsibility, and whether any commercial carrier that employed the driver carries separate coverage.

Can I recover if I was crossing outside a marked crosswalk on US 50 or Northern Avenue?

Yes, in many cases. Colorado's modified comparative fault rule under C.R.S. 13-21-111 lets you recover as long as you were less than 50 percent at fault, and your award is reduced by your share of responsibility. Mid-block crossings do place a duty to yield on the pedestrian under C.R.S. 42-4-803, but a driver who was speeding, distracted, impaired, or had sufficient time and distance to stop can still carry the majority of fault. Crossing outside a marked crosswalk zone does not hand the insurer an automatic win. We use accident reconstruction and witness statements to challenge inflated fault percentages that adjusters assign to pedestrians in Pueblo to reduce payouts.

Does Colorado cap how much a Pueblo pedestrian accident victim can recover?

Economic damages such as medical bills, lost wages, and future care costs are never capped in Colorado. Non-economic damages such as pain and suffering are capped at $1.5 million for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2025 (C.R.S. 13-21-102.5). Compensation for physical impairment and disfigurement carries no cap at all, which is why serious Pueblo pedestrian cases involving permanent disability or scarring often build their core claim value in those uncapped categories. If a government entity such as the City of Pueblo or CDOT is involved, the CGIA separately caps recovery at $505,000 per person and $1,421,000 per occurrence for claims accruing on or after January 1, 2026 (C.R.S. 24-10-114).

Where would my Pueblo pedestrian accident lawsuit be filed?

A Pueblo pedestrian accident case above the county-court jurisdictional limit is filed in the 10th Judicial District at the Pueblo County District Court, 320 W. 10th St., Pueblo, CO 81003. Pueblo is one of the few Colorado cities with its own dedicated district court, which means the jury pool is drawn from Pueblo County residents and the case does not have to travel to a distant county seat. Most cases settle before any lawsuit is filed, but knowing where a case would go affects local procedure, the jury pool, and the defense firms your claim faces. CGH Injury Lawyers files and tries 10th Judicial District pedestrian cases directly from our Denver office at no additional cost to Pueblo clients.

Does CGH Injury Lawyers have an office in Pueblo?

No. CGH Injury Lawyers does not have a Pueblo office. We have one office, at 2701 Lawrence St., Suite 201, Denver, CO 80205, (303) 209-9395. We serve Pueblo and Pueblo County pedestrian accident clients from that Denver office, file cases at the Pueblo County District Court, and meet you wherever is convenient for you. There is no additional charge for Pueblo clients. We are available in English and Spanish.

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