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Everything's more dangerous in Texas: Unfortunately for the Lone Star State, Texas has five of the top 25 most deadly U.S. locations in terms of speeding. From Beaumont to Dallas, Texas is a state ...
More than 42,000 Americans died in car crashes in 2022, making these accidents a leading cause of death in the U.S. These deaths occurred during over 39,000 crashes that year—about one crash per ...
Some of the leading causes of crashes include distracted driving, speeding, and drug and alcohol use. See which city is considered the most dangerous. 41,000 people were killed in US car crashes ...
«When speeding is compared to fault, drivers traveling at any speed over 4 MPH over the posted limit were highly overrepresented in fault. As the amount of speeding increases, the degree of overrepresentation increases; however, even at 5–9 miles over the limit, drivers were overrepresented in fault by a factor of over 2.0.
Road deaths per billion vehicle miles (2021) This is a list of U.S. states by road deaths. Data are for the year 2021. Death data are from NHTSA, [1] mileage figures are from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics [2] and population data are from the US Census.
The maximum speed limit on rural two-lane roads ranges from 50 mph (80 km/h) in parts of the northeast to 75 mph (120 km/h) in parts of Texas. On rural Interstate Highways and other freeways, the speed limit ranges from 60 mph (96 km/h) in Hawaii to 85 mph (136 km/h) in parts of Texas. All roads in the United States have a speed limit, but it ...
Over-speeding is consistently a factor in more than a quarter of U.S. traffic fatalities. In 2022, that amounted to more than 12,000 deaths, according to the report.
While vehicle crashes in active work zones have decreased since 2020, the number of crashes due to speeding or work zone intrusions has increased.