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Traffic Safety Facts 2021 Data: Speeding

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  • Corporate Creators:
    United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. National Center for Statistics and Analysis
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  • Publication/ Report Number:
    DOT HS 813 473
  • Resource Type:
    Brief
  • Geographical Coverage:
    United States
  • Edition:
    Traffic Safety Facts
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Abstract:
    Twenty-eight percent of fatal crashes, 13 percent of injury crashes, and 9 percent of property-damage-only crashes in 2021 were speeding-related traffic crashes. In 2021 there were 12,330 fatalities in speeding-related crashes, 29 percent of total traffic fatalities for the year and an increase of 8 percent from 11,428 in 2020, the highest since 2007. There were an estimated 328,946 people injured (13% of total people injured) in speeding-related traffic crashes in 2021. Thirty-five percent of male drivers and 21 percent of female drivers in the 15- to 20-year-old age group involved in fatal traffic crashes in 2021 were speeding, the highest among the age groups. Among speeding drivers involved in fatal traffic crashes in 2021, there were 32 percent who did not have valid driver licenses at the time of the crashes, compared to 15 percent of non-speeding drivers. In 2021 drivers who were speeding when involved in fatal traffic crashes had blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) of .08 grams per deciliter (g/dL) or greater (37% versus 17%)—or even higher BACs of .15 g/dL or greater (25% versus 11%)—more frequently than those drivers who were not speeding. This fact sheet covers drivers, alcohol, restraint use, crash characteristics, state, and important safety reminders.
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