A 28-year-old Specialist and 37-year-old Staff Sergeant assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion, Fort Benning, Georgia, died following a PMV-4 mishap that happened 23 July 2018 in Harris County, Georgia, about 1900 local. The Soldiers’ vehicle exited the roadway, struck an embankment and overturned. Speed is suspected as a factor in the crash.
- According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were 37,461 traffic fatalities in 2016. Among them, 10,111 (27 percent) were in crashes where at least one driver was speeding.
- In fatal crashes, 50 percent of speeding passenger vehicle drivers were unrestrained at the time of the crash, compared to 21 percent of non-speeding passenger vehicle drivers.
- Young male drivers were the most likely to be speeding at the time of the fatal crash. Nearly one-third (32 percent) of male drivers in the 15- to 20-year-old age group involved in fatal crashes were speeding at the time of the crash, compared to 22 percent for female drivers in the same age group.
- Drivers who were speeding when involved in fatal crashes were more likely to have been drinking - and drinking more - than those drivers who were not speeding.