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A speeding-related crash in this table is a fatal crash in the affirmative speeding-involvement category of the FARS auxiliary accident file, with people killed counted separately from events. The Fatality Analysis Reporting System manual defines its driver-level speeding-related field as speeding related to the crash as identified by law enforcement, rather than an independent legal conclusion. The national category includes qualifying traffic crashes with different vehicle types, so its death counts should not be read as only people killed in car accidents or only drivers recorded as speeding.[1][2][3]

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Official definition and data selection

The speeding-related crash classification can cover driver records marked racing, exceeding the speed limit, driving too fast for conditions or speeding with the specifics unknown in the current coding scheme. The manual treats speeding identification as driver information, while the auxiliary accident field identifies involvement at the event level, so the national table counts fatalities in the selected events. The speeding-related crash table uses the affirmative auxiliary category and does not convert a recorded speed in isolation into a new classification or infer an unrecorded driver behavior.[1][2][3]

National figures

For 2020, the national speeding-related crash selection recorded 11,428 deaths, while traffic crashes overall accounted for 39,007 deaths across the United States, with the selected category included in the overall total. For 2021, the national speeding-related crash selection recorded 12,498 deaths, while traffic crashes overall accounted for 43,230 deaths across the United States, with the selected category included in the overall total. For 2022, the national speeding-related crash selection recorded 12,157 deaths, while traffic crashes overall accounted for 42,721 deaths across the United States, with the selected category included in the overall total.[4][5][6]

For 2023, the national speeding-related crash selection recorded 11,913 deaths, while traffic crashes overall accounted for 41,025 deaths across the United States, with the selected category included in the overall total. For 2024, the national speeding-related crash selection recorded 11,288 deaths, while traffic crashes overall accounted for 39,254 deaths across the United States, with the selected category included in the overall total.[7][8]

National figures[4][5][6][7][8]
YearDeaths in speeding-related crash eventsAll traffic deaths
202011,42839,007
202112,49843,230
202212,15742,721
202311,91341,025
202411,28839,254

United States, 50 states and District of Columbia, excluding Puerto Rico. 2024 uses the Annual Report File; earlier FARS years use saved Final Files.

Limits of the term and figures

A speeding-related crash death is not necessarily the death of the speeding driver, because the table sums all fatalities recorded for a selected event, including other people killed in it. The involvement classification does not by itself assign legal fault for a car accident, and the table does not estimate nonfatal speeding events or the number of speeding vehicles on the road. The speeding-related crash figures use the recorded category and the saved file editions, with the most recent Annual Report File subject to change when NHTSA publishes its Final File.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. abc "Fatality Analysis Reporting System Auxiliary Data Manual, 1982-2019 (DOT HS 813 071)". National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Official source. Checked . Source record
  2. abc "Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794)". National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Official source. Checked . Source record
  3. abc "Overview of motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2024 (DOT HS 813 791, April 2026)". National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Official source. Checked . Source record
  4. ab "Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2020 national data files (Final File)". National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Official source. Checked . Source record
  5. ab "Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2021 national data files (Final File)". National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Official source. Checked . Source record
  6. ab "Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2022 national data files (Final File)". National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Official source. Checked . Source record
  7. ab "Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2023 national data files (Final File)". National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Official source. Checked . Source record
  8. ab "Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2024 national data files (Annual Report File)". National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Official source. Checked . Source record