NHTSA considers a crash to be speeding-related if the driver was charged with a speeding-related offense or if a police officer indicated that racing, driving too fast for conditions, or exceeding the posted speed limit was a contributing factor in the crash. In this fact sheet, the 2013 information on speeding-related data in fatal crashes is presented in the following order: * Overview * Driver Characteristics * Alcohol * Restraint Use * Environmental Characteristics * Speeding-Related Fatalities by State. There were 32,719 traffic fatalities in 2013, among them 9,613 (29%) in speeding-related crashes. The number of speeding-related fatalities decreased by 7 percent, from 10,329 in 2012 to 9,613 in 2013. Table 1 shows the total number of traffic fatalities, and the number and percentage of those that were speeding-related, for the most recent 10 years of data. (Author/publisher)
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