2018 Speeding Traffic Safety Fact Sheet

The Speeding Traffic Safety Fact Sheet summarizes speeding-related crashes in 2018. Among the key findings:

There were 36,560 traffic fatalities in 2018; among them, 9,378 (26%) were in crashes involving at least one speeding driver.
Speeding-related fatalities in 2018 decreased by 6 percent from 2017, from 9,947 to 9,378.
In 2018, some 30 percent of male drivers and 18 percent female drivers in the 15- to- 20-year-old age group involved in fatal crashes were speeding.
In 2018, about 37 percent of all speeding drivers in fatal crashes were alcohol-impaired, compared to 16 percent of non-speeding drivers involved in fatal crashes.
In 2018, there were 31 percent of motorcycle riders involved in fatal crashes who were speeding, more than drivers of any other vehicle type.
In fatal crashes in 2018, nearly half (48%) of speeding drivers of passenger vehicle drivers were unrestrained at the time of crashes, compared to 21 percent of non-speeding passenger vehicle drivers.

View the fact sheet here.