(Des Moines) Iowa’s 2023 daily traffic fatality count is showing an alarming trend. Traffic fatalities are over 20 percent higher than the five-year average. The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau is teaming up with law enforcement to keep drivers and passengers safe by raising awareness about the dangers of speeding and urging drivers to obey speed limits.
Iowa State Patrol Trooper and District #4 Public Information Officer Shelby McCreedy says on July 26, Iowa will join Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas for a Speed Awareness Campaign.
Trooper McCreedy says 2018, the Iowa State Patrol issued 730 citations for drivers traveling over 100 miles per hour. That increased to 1,497 in 2020.
McCreedy says Troopers issued 665 citations for triple-digit speeders at the end of June this year.
Tragically, Iowa experienced a dramatic 25-percent increase in speeding-related fatalities from 2020-2021. In 2021, speeding-related crashes killed 84 people on our roads, accounting for almost one-quarter of all crash fatalities.
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