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Fatal crashes with a speeding-related driver, by state

FARS records a speeding-related driver in 97,503 fatal crashes in the United States from 2015 to 2024.

That is 27.2 percent of all fatal crashes.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.

The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on .

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on . NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Speeding-related driver: share in the United States by year, 2015 to 2024, in percent

Table 1 has the numbers.

What the count is

A fatal crash is in this count when FARS codes one or more drivers as speeding-related. The codes are racing, exceeded the speed limit, too fast for conditions, and speeding with no detail. It is the field SPEEDREL.

This data element identifies if the driver was speeding, and it was related to the crash as identified by law enforcement.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, FARS Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024, data element D22 Speeding Related (SPEEDREL), copied on .

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The United States by year

Table 1.Share of fatal crashes with a speeding-related driver in the United States, by year
YearShare, in percent
202428.1
202328.2
202227.7
202128.2
202028.6
201925.8
201825.4
201725.9
201626.7
201526.8

Note: the share is the share of fatal crashes with a speeding-related driver.

Each state

Table 2.Share of fatal crashes with a speeding-related driver: count and share of each state, 2015 to 2024, in name order
StateCountAll deaths in the stateShare, in percent
Alabama2,3509,60526.7
Alaska25372238.7
Arizona3,26210,93932.7
Arkansas1,1835,84622.2
California11,07339,70230.2
Colorado2,1326,51835.4
Connecticut9332,98333.3
Delaware3481,28728.8
District of Columbia14033544.2
Florida2,98232,6819.8
Georgia2,84015,80119.4
Hawaii4291,03544.1
Idaho4832,38722.4
Illinois3,82511,42336.5
Indiana2,0838,77325.7
Iowa6333,47720.2
Kansas8804,04524.2
Kentucky1,1447,68416.2
Louisiana1,6698,04522.4
Maine4141,59328.0
Maryland1,3595,54826.2
Massachusetts1,0183,66529.2
Michigan2,48610,56725.4
Minnesota1,0274,11127.1
Mississippi9457,05714.8
Missouri3,2119,55736.5
Montana6672,04635.8
Nebraska3662,34617.5
Nevada9893,55730.2
New Hampshire4531,22839.9
New Jersey1,3356,15023.0
New Mexico1,3224,09635.9
New York3,08910,68230.9
North Carolina4,46915,19231.8
North Dakota2601,06027.0
Ohio2,50311,89922.7
Oklahoma1,6026,76526.0
Oregon1,4325,21130.1
Pennsylvania4,36711,65040.2
Rhode Island25060144.0
South Carolina3,90110,47340.2
South Dakota3121,32326.6
Tennessee1,76311,57616.5
Texas11,47939,61632.1
Utah7342,82428.5
Vermont21564336.4
Virginia2,3438,66428.8
Washington1,8036,25731.1
West Virginia6722,72626.7
Wisconsin1,6825,95931.0
Wyoming3931,26035.4

Note: "Count" is fatal crashes. The share shows the kind of crash that a state has. It does not show how many crashes the state has.

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Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Fatal crashes with a speeding-related driver, by state. https://fatalroads.com/factor/speeding/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to .

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, vehicle and person files of 2015 to 2024. Data to . How the figures are made.