The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched its “Speeding Wrecks Lives” speeding prevention campaign to address the crisis of deaths on our roadways through its National Roadway Safety Strategy. The campaign will run from July 10-31.
NHTSA released new data on speeding, showing that speeding-related fatalities increased 8% from 2020 to 2021, with 12,330 people killed in 2021 speeding-related crashes. This represents 29% of all traffic fatalities in 2021. Many drivers in speeding-related crashes also engaged in other risky driving behaviors. Drivers in fatal crashes who were speeding were also impaired by alcohol more frequently than drivers who were not speeding.