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LANSING -- Michigan has the ninth-lowest rate of speeding-related fatal crashes in the country, according to a recent study.
Heninger Garrison Davis, a personal injury and business litigation law firm based in New York, Alabama and Georgia, analyzed data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to determine which states have the highest proportion of fatal crashes involving speed.
In Michigan, 11.57% of all fatal crashes involved speed in 2021 - 33.34% lower than the national average.
Idaho had the lowest proportion of fatalities in crashes involving speed with a rate of 4.1%. Wyoming had the highest at 28.43%.
Michigan neighbor Indiana ranked seventh-lowest at 7.18%. Ohio ranked 23rd lowest at 17.23% and Wisconsin landed at No. 25 with a rate of 18.01%.
"Speeding is one of those things that we look at every day as ground patrol," said 1st Lt. Michael Shaw, the State Police public information officer for the district covering Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties.
Shaw said the State Police has a two-pronged approach to reducing driving speed.
"We talk about education often, pointing out risky driving behaviors that we see in our roadways," Shaw said.