Driving too fast is dangerous for everyone on the road.
In South Carolina, speeding is one of the top five reasons for serious collisions and deaths on the road. And for more than twenty years, about one out of every three deaths from car collisions in the United States have involved speeding, according to the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration.
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According to South Carolina collision data, speed ranks in the top five contributing factors in South Carolina in 2023.
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In South Carolina, there were 382 speed-related fatalities in 2023.
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Additionally, there were 14,718 persons injured in speed-related collisions in South Carolina in 2023.
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Nationally, there were 12,151 speed-related fatalities in 2022.
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Nationally, 35 percent of male drivers aged 15-20 years old involved in fatal traffic collisions in 2022 were speeding, the highest among age groups.