Speeding deaths by state

Vermont has the highest share: 51% of its fatal crashes in 2024. Across the United States, 10,203 fatal crashes with speeding recorded made up 28%.

All 50 states and the District of Columbia, ranked by the share. Click a state for its roads, counties and the rest of its figures.

Speeding: every state, 2024

	State	Fatal crashes	Share, 2024	Share, 2015 to 2024	All road deaths
1	Vermont	27	51%	36%	59
2	Alaska	30	48%	39%	70
3	Montana	83	43%	36%	206
4	Hawaii	40	41%	44%	102
4	Wyoming	42	41%	35%	107
6	North Carolina	616	41%	32%	1,619
7	Connecticut	110	39%	33%	310
8	Pennsylvania	396	37%	40%	1,127
9	District of Columbia	17	37%	44%	47
10	South Carolina	349	37%	40%	1,038
11	Oklahoma	214	36%	26%	645
12	New Mexico	135	36%	36%	409
12	Texas	1,346	36%	32%	4,160
14	Arizona	394	35%	33%	1,229
15	Illinois	376	35%	37%	1,177
16	Colorado	215	34%	35%	689
17	Washington	222	33%	31%	730
18	Missouri	288	33%	37%	955
19	New York	332	32%	31%	1,101
20	Nevada	120	32%	30%	417
21	Wisconsin	164	31%	31%	595
22	Virginia	267	31%	29%	917
23	Utah	77	31%	29%	277
24	West Virginia	72	30%	27%	256
25	New Hampshire	36	30%	40%	133
26	Alabama	263	29%	27%	962
27	Rhode Island	14	29%	44%	52
28	Minnesota	125	29%	27%	477
29	Oregon	142	29%	30%	538
30	California	1,031	29%	30%	3,876
31	Massachusetts	96	28%	29%	363
32	Indiana	206	26%	26%	832
33	Louisiana	182	26%	22%	752
34	Michigan	255	25%	25%	1,098
35	Idaho	55	25%	22%	238
36	Nebraska	55	25%	18%	251
37	Georgia	307	23%	19%	1,403
38	Delaware	28	23%	29%	126
39	Arkansas	125	23%	22%	603
40	Maine	38	23%	28%	177
41	New Jersey	144	23%	23%	670
42	South Dakota	30	22%	27%	146
43	North Dakota	18	21%	27%	90
44	Kansas	63	20%	24%	339
45	Maryland	108	20%	26%	578
46	Iowa	63	19%	20%	356
47	Tennessee	190	17%	17%	1,197
48	Mississippi	117	17%	15%	753
49	Ohio	181	17%	23%	1,157
50	Kentucky	86	13%	16%	707
51	Florida	313	11%	9.8%	3,138

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2024 Annual Report File (released April 2026, subject to revision). How we count

How NHTSA records fatal crashes with speeding recorded

A fatal crash counts as involving speeding when any driver was coded as exceeding the speed limit, driving too fast for conditions, racing, or speeding with specifics unknown (SPEEDREL). A police judgement, not a measurement.

A share is only given over 20 crashes (or deaths); otherwise the row says "Not enough data" and has no rank. Shares are of fatal crashes or deaths, never rates per driver or per mile: FARS records crashes, not how much people drive. The full method.