Data, Facts & Statistics

Data
Facts & Statistics

Data

Posted Highway Speed Limits Rise
During the last decade daytime speed limits posted for automobiles along many Interstate System and non-Interstate routes rose. By 1993, an estimated 32,600 miles had been posted at 65 mi/h and 200 miles at 60 mi/h; this rose to about 64,900 miles posted at 65 mi/h and 19,100 miles at 60 mi/h by 2000. By 1995, an estimated 1,800 miles had been signed at 75 mi/h and 4,000 miles at 70 mi/h; this rose to about 7,400 miles signed at 75 mi/h and 40,900 miles at 70 mi/h by 2000.
Speed Campaign Toolkit
The intent of this tool kit is to provide you with marketing materials, earned media tools, and marketing ideas you can distribute to fit your local needs and objectives while at the same time partnering with other states, communities, and organizations all across the country on your speed management program.

Facts & Statistics

The FHWA Safety Office has created an exhibit that looks at speeding statistics from a roadway perspective. Five different handouts complement the exhibit, and each uses statistical data to underscore aspects of the consequences of speeding. To view the exhibit and accompanying handouts, click on the pdf files below.

Overview [PDF 126 KB]
Fatality Rate by Road Function Class Table [PDF, 18KB] NEW
Road Function Classifications [PDF 158 KB]
Single Vehicle Crashes Table [PDF 78 KB]
Speeding Counts [PDF 79 KB]
Speeding Facts [PDF 122 KB]
Speeding in Rural Areas [PDF 49 KB]
US Speeding Related Motor Vehicle Fatalities [PDF 26 KB]

Recently, the U.S. DOT Speed Management Team has updated the exhibit with additional handouts. The new exhibit addresses a more integrated "3-Es" (engineering, education, and enforcement) approach to speed management. In addition to the existing handouts, the new handouts present traffic safety facts related to speeding. Other handouts include information related to commercial vehicle safety, and speeding-related multi-vehicle fatal crashes involving large truck.

To view the handout presenting traffic safety facts related to speeding, click on the pdf file below:

Traffic Safety Facts: Speeding - 2007 [PDF, 272 KB] NEW
Analysis of Speeding-Related Fatal Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes (June 2005) [PDF 1.19 MB]

To view the handouts containing information on commercial vehicle safety, click at the links below:

Share the Road Safely: Professional Drivers [PDF 190 KB]
Share the Road Safely: Smart Drivers [PDF 131 KB]
Speeding-Related Multi-Vehicle Fatal Crashes Involving Large Trucks [PDF 70 KB]

The following charts show fatality rates classified by functional category in both rural and urban highways:

Fatality Rates by Road Type 2007 [Fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles of travel], Interstate 0.70, Arterial 1.38, Collector 1.99, Local 1.94

Fatality Rates by Road Type Rural versus Urban (2007) [Fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles of travel], Rural Interstate 1.04, Arterial 2.23, Collector 2.79, Local 3.18; Urban Interstate 0.58, Arterial 0.99, Collection 0.82, Local 1.32