Speeding is a very serious traffic violation that many United States citizens have admitted being guilty of several times during their lives. Speeding can make a long drive seem short but time is irrelevant if you cause bad car accident that may threaten your life. Below are statistics involving motorists involved in excessive-speed crashes.

Recent Speeding Statistics

An estimated 40,000 people had been involved in speeding related crashes that resulted critical injuries; 73,000 people suffered from moderate injuries; and 606,000 people had sustained minor injuries.

Young males are more likely to be involved in speeding-related accidents. This changes, however as the driver ages and matures.

Of the male drivers involved in fatal crashes aging from 15 to 20, 36 percent had been reported as speeding at the time of the crash.

Of the drivers under the age of 21 involved in speeding-related crashes, 23 percent had also been intoxicated at the time of the crash, as opposed to 9 percent of non-speeding drivers driving under the influence.

Of the drivers between the ages of 21 and 24 involved in a fatal speeding-related crash, 44 percent had been intoxicated, as opposed to 19 percent of non-speeding drivers under the influence.

42 percent of all intoxicated drivers involved in fatal accidents were also speeding at the time of the crash, as opposed to 14 percent of sober drivers involved in fatal crashes.

76 percent of the fatal crashes that occurred between mid-night and 3am were done so by intoxicated drivers.

Of the motorcyclists involved in fatal accidents, 41 percent were speeding.

86 percent of deaths occurred on roads that were non-interstate highways due to excessive speeds.

43 percent of fatalities occurred on roadways with a speed limit of 55 m.p.h. and above due excessive speeds.

14 percent of fatalities occurred on interstate highways due to excessive speeds.

39 percent of speeding fatalities occurred off the interstates where the speed limit was under 55 m.p.h.

An estimated 13,000 people were killed in speeding-related crashes, making speeding a factor in 30 percent of all fatal crashes.

Of the 13,000 people killed in speeding-related crashes, almost 6,000 deaths occurred on roads with posted speed limits between 55 and 65 m.p.h., and under 900 occurred on roads with a posted speed limit above 65 m.p.h.

The cost of speeding related accidents has cost society a whopping $28 billion. This figure brakes down to $53,243 per minute, or $887 per second. The government estimates that $10.5 billion has been spent on fatal speeding-related crashes; $13.6 billion on non-fatal crashes; and $3.9 billion that had resulted from speeding-related property damage alone.

Topics related to Traffic Violation include:

* DUI
* Civil Traffic Violations
* Parking Tickets
* Running Red Lights

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