401 Main Street
Pevely, Missouri 63070-0358
Dispatch: 636-475-5301
Records: 636-475-4498
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Speed Enforcement
Speed Enforcement Campaign, June 19, 2020
- In 2018, 352 people were killed in Missouri traffic crashes that involved at least one driver speeding or driving too fast for conditions. Preliminary data indicates 299 people were killed in speed-related crashes in 2019.
- Speed involved fatalities increased each year from 2014 to 2018, with 2019 preliminary showing a nearly 15% reduction.
- Speed is the most commonly cited contributing circumstance in Missouri's fatal crashes. In 2019, it was cited as a contributing circumstance nearly twice as often as substance-impaired driving.