Speeding is one of the leading causes of car accidents with severe injuries. It’s no wonder with hectic schedules, having responsibilities at home or at the office, maintaining your health, and all the other things that make life meaningful, people think that if they do things faster that it will save them time. But that reasoning could get deadly when used behind the wheel to justify fast speeds, especially in inclement weather. Even though people are doing a lot less driving these days, some people have false confidence in the safety of the roads given that fewer people are driving on them.
Speeding Car Accident Statistics
In Gwinnett County specifically, the Governor’s Office Of Highway Safety In Georgia has reported that alcohol and speeding are two of the top causes of accidents. Speeding was the cause of five fatalities in the county in 2015 but has been on a steady decline since then. Nationally, 9,378 people were killed in 2018 due to speeding and getting into wrecks, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. They also reported that in 2017, speeding was a contributing factor in 26% of all traffic fatalities that year.
