Correction: The military installation near Kearny Villa Road is known as Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The story initially misstated the branch of the military connected to the base.
San Diego police issued more speeding tickets on Friars Road last year than any other street in the city.
That’s not altogether new: Friars Road has led all thoroughfares for speeding-related citations every year since 2018. But San Diego Police Department officers have issued more speeding tickets on the road in 2025 than in any of the past eight years.
Data obtained and analyzed by Times of San Diego shows SDPD wrote 668 tickets along Friars Road last year. That accounted for only a slight increase over 2024, when police issued 634 speeding citations, but it was more than double the number of speeding tickets police wrote on Friars in 2023.
From 2018 through 2025, police issued an average of 506 speeding-related tickets anywhere on Friars Road.
But the vast majority of those — 68% — were issued in a four-block stretch from near the intersection with Qualcomm Way to just west of the Costco and IKEA shopping center on River Run Road.
“Friars Road is a high-capacity roadway that connects key areas in our city. It provides access to major freeways, and commuters use it to access residential communities, commercial business centers, and even Snapdragon Stadium. This particular section of Friars Road is three lanes in both directions. Many drivers may use it to circumvent the 8 freeway,” says San Diego police Sgt. Greg Minter.
In regard to the specific stretch of Friars Road, Minter says it has had a high number of crashes and is known to be an area for very high speeds.
“I have personally worked this location for speed enforcement and very regularly cite drivers for speeds in excess of 75 MPH,” said Minter. “I have seen drivers in excess of 95-100 MPH. I think everyone will agree those speeds are inherently unsafe and have no place on our local streets.”
While that four-block stretch of Friars has the distinction of most tickets in the city, the single block in San Diego with the most speeding tickets issued was in South Bay, at Britannia Boulevard and Interstate 905 in Otay Mesa. Officers handed out 277 speeding-related infractions there last year.
The block with the second most tickets was 7800 Kearny Villa Road, near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, between state Route 163 and Pomerado Road, with 240 citations. The third-highest block was 8900 Friars Road, with 235 speeding tickets issued last year.
In all, San Diego traffic officers wrote approximately 6,266 speeding-related tickets in 2025, the highest since 2021, when officers issued 6,525 speeding infractions.
Speeding, according to findings from the California Highway Patrol, is one of the leading causes of accidents statewide.
“Speeding continues to be one of the leading causes of serious and fatal crashes on California’s roadways,” said CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee in an April statement. “When drivers choose to exceed safe speeds, they reduce their ability to react and increase the risk for everyone on the road. Slowing down is one of the simplest steps that drivers can take to protect themselves and others.”
Sgt. Minter with SDPD agrees.
“Speeding is consistently shown to be one of the top three factors for serious and fatal traffic crashes (along with distracted driving and DUI). As we see drivers speeding on our streets, we will continue to enforce the law as our resources allow.”
Meanwhile, in San Diego, elected officials and staff released a speed management plan in February 2026, aimed at reducing speeds on city roads to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries.
Updated Sept. 10, 2026.
