Table 1
Speeding-Related Traffic Fatalities by Road Type and Speed Limit, 2005

State
Total Traffic Fatalities
Speeding-Related Fatalities by Road Type and Speed Limit
Total
Interstate
Non-Interstate
>55 mph
≤55 mph
55 mph
50 mph
45 mph
40 mph
35 mph
<35 mph
Alabama
1,131
493
53
7
118
15
175
31
39
25
Alaska
72
27
7
3
4
0
2
1
5
3
Arizona
1,177
460
109
15
36
23
71
73
32
35
Arkansas
648
104
5
0
52
3
11
7
17
5
California
4,329
1,471
203
30
344
60
145
131
181
156
Colorado
606
204
16
11
25
10
30
24
22
30
Connecticut
274
92
3
7
1
0
9
9
9
49
Delaware
134
52
1
5
4
26
0
5
6
2
Dist of Columbia
48
17
0
5
0
0
0
0
2
10
Florida
3,543
239
14
7
30
11
52
20
33
33
Georgia
1,729
340
22
5
105
6
51
5
43
18
Hawaii
140
69
0
6
6
1
6
1
25
20
Idaho
275
95
14
0
11
11
7
5
8
8
Illinois
1,361
525
68
22
199
16
48
46
62
61
Indiana
938
258
19
17
59
10
42
34
27
46
Iowa
450
44
5
0
19
2
5
0
7
4
Kansas
428
119
16
0
37
2
6
4
4
19
Kentucky
985
187
12
6
117
0
22
2
17
10
Louisiana
955
180
14
3
70
4
34
7
27
13
Maine
169
86
11
3
9
9
21
11
9
10
Maryland
614
214
14
15
19
34
22
29
30
46
Massachusetts
442
146
11
3
4
3
11
21
28
57
Michigan
1,129
243
26
11
120
4
24
2
14
25
Minnesota
559
152
13
4
85
7
6
4
2
20
Mississippi
931
254
36
0
91
20
45
9
21
8
Missouri
1,257
529
59
9
197
6
31
28
66
51
Montana
251
97
17
0
2
2
4
0
9
10
Nebraska
276
51
10
0
5
11
2
3
8
5
Nevada
427
160
24
0
10
8
23
1
23
9
New Hampshire
166
56
4
1
4
5
1
6
14
16
New Jersey
748
79
0
3
10
21
12
3
9
13
New Mexico
488
165
33
2
28
1
12
7
10
11
New York
1,429
456
13
13
173
15
27
37
21
77
North Carolina
1,534
560
40
7
287
4
121
1
72
14
North Dakota
123
28
2
1
8
2
0
1
0
3
Ohio
1,323
277
23
6
123
4
28
7
51
21
Oklahoma
802
292
27
2
64
8
71
13
18
15
Oregon
488
161
10
2
76
3
11
7
19
14
Pennsylvania
1,616
757
44
18
195
18
167
91
144
54
Rhode Island
87
40
6
3
1
3
2
2
6
17
South Carolina
1,093
480
59
2
158
9
93
22
55
24
South Dakota
186
62
7
0
26
0
1
3
4
4
Tennessee
1,270
266
12
10
9
0
9
4
4
4
Texas
3,504
1,426
162
49
174
35
147
117
121
143
Utah
282
75
38
0
3
3
2
6
7
6
Vermont
73
33
2
0
0
13
3
3
5
3
Virginia
947
313
42
19
128
3
52
8
35
19
Washington
647
247
14
4
18
54
12
19
57
41
West Virginia
374
82
10
0
33
3
13
8
6
6
Wisconsin
815
294
16
6
157
2
27
7
18
42
Wyoming
170
56
18
0
8
0
3
1
1
6
U.S. Total*
43,443
13,113
1,384
342
3,462
510
1,719
886
1,453
1,341
Puerto Rico
453
215
45
0
7
3
30
21
84
25
*Of the total number of speeding-related fatalities in 2005, 5,562 occurred on roads with posted speed limits between 55 and 65 mph, and 902 occurred on roads with speed limits above 65 mph.
Note: The total column for speeding-related fatalities includes fatalities that occurred on roads for which the speed limit was unknown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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