Reckless Driving in Virginia
35,429 cases across 124 jurisdictions · 2025
According to 35,429 public court records from 2025, Reckless Driving cases across 124 Virginia jurisdictions have an average dismissal rate of 22.5% and an average conviction rate of 75.8%. Statewide, 39.8% of Reckless Driving charges are reduced to a lesser offense. The average fine is $245.
Dismissal rate includes judicial dismissals and nolle prosequi (prosecutor-dropped cases). Conviction rate includes guilty pleas and findings of guilt at trial. Rates are averaged across 124 jurisdictions with available data. Data covers 2025 public court records. Last updated: May 2, 2026
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Comparison by Court
| Jurisdiction | Cases | Dismissal Rate | Conviction Rate | Median Duration | Avg Fine | Avg Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach | 3,164 | 9.9% | 89.7% | 3.0 months | $238 | 2.2 months |
| Brunswick County | 1,901 | 1.0% | 99.0% | 3.4 months | $366 | 1.4 months |
| Loudoun County | 1,691 | 6.5% | 93.2% | 2.5 months | $234 | 1.5 months |
| Richmond City | 1,690 | 60.2% | 39.1% | 2.8 months | $169 | 5.1 months |
| Rockingham County | 1,350 | 9.5% | 89.7% | 2.4 months | $206 | 2.4 months |
| Stafford County | 1,322 | 28.6% | 71.2% | 3.1 months | $256 | 3.8 months |
| Shenandoah County | 1,182 | 7.9% | 92.1% | 3.3 months | $251 | 2.8 months |
| Fairfax County | 1,158 | 22.9% | 75.7% | 3.2 months | $227 | 1.9 months |
| Prince William County | 1,041 | 30.6% | 68.4% | 3.0 months | $234 | 2.7 months |
| Frederick County | 849 | 13.8% | 86.0% | 2.7 months | $277 | 3.4 months |
| Augusta County | 817 | 14.0% | 86.0% | 2.9 months | $403 | 4.1 months |
| Roanoke City | 772 | 33.7% | 66.2% | 2.6 months | $139 | 2.0 months |
| Carroll County | 696 | 7.2% | 91.4% | 2.3 months | $494 | 8.2 months |
| Chesterfield County | 623 | 45.5% | 46.7% | 3.0 months | $180 | 6.0 months |
| Albemarle County | 601 | 18.5% | 78.7% | 2.8 months | $145 | 2.1 months |
| Newport News | 592 | 39.7% | 57.0% | 2.3 months | $174 | 4.5 months |
| Henrico County | 584 | 36.8% | 61.2% | 3.0 months | $250 | 4.6 months |
| Suffolk | 582 | 40.0% | 54.4% | 3.6 months | $199 | 2.3 months |
| Hampton | 557 | 36.1% | 55.1% | 2.1 months | $240 | 2.0 months |
| York County | 552 | 15.5% | 82.2% | 2.3 months | $238 | 2.1 months |
| Hanover County | 488 | 21.1% | 74.8% | 2.6 months | $324 | 3.0 months |
| Smyth County | 436 | 15.0% | 83.9% | 2.2 months | $461 | 6.2 months |
| Wythe County | 431 | 32.3% | 65.1% | 2.2 months | $361 | 3.3 months |
| Warren County | 425 | 6.7% | 92.8% | 2.1 months | $365 | 1.8 months |
| Portsmouth | 375 | 31.0% | 69.0% | 2.1 months | $183 | 3.9 months |
| Montgomery County | 362 | 12.6% | 85.2% | 2.5 months | $372 | 4.3 months |
| Orange County | 307 | 8.9% | 88.8% | 2.1 months | $140 | 1.5 months |
| Northampton County | 288 | 16.5% | 82.7% | 2.3 months | $328 | 2.0 months |
| Clarke County | 266 | 8.8% | 91.2% | 2.6 months | $252 | 1.6 months |
| Roanoke County | 255 | 31.3% | 67.8% | 3.6 months | $253 | 2.7 months |
| Botetourt County | 250 | 21.6% | 78.4% | 3.4 months | $325 | 4.2 months |
| Spotsylvania County | 237 | 35.6% | 62.9% | 2.5 months | $166 | 5.2 months |
| King William County | 234 | 15.6% | 83.6% | 1.5 months | $138 | 3.5 months |
| Lynchburg | 232 | 19.9% | 77.6% | 3.3 months | $181 | 1.9 months |
| Washington County | 222 | 40.3% | 58.7% | 2.5 months | $227 | 1.0 months |
| Henry County | 217 | 20.1% | 77.9% | 1.8 months | $163 | 6.6 months |
| Fauquier County | 212 | 40.1% | 55.4% | 3.1 months | $253 | 1.4 months |
| Tazewell County | 208 | 25.5% | 70.7% | 2.8 months | $183 | 4.7 months |
| Amherst County | 207 | 7.8% | 89.1% | 3.3 months | $209 | 2.4 months |
| Pulaski County | 206 | 22.8% | 76.2% | 2.4 months | $266 | 4.7 months |
| Chesapeake | 204 | 42.5% | 55.0% | 3.1 months | $215 | 3.1 months |
| Danville | 201 | 19.0% | 64.0% | 2.3 months | $92 | 2.7 months |
| Colonial Heights | 195 | 40.7% | 57.1% | 3.3 months | $206 | 4.8 months |
| Westmoreland County | 185 | 26.4% | 70.9% | 2.1 months | $162 | 4.0 months |
| King and Queen County | 182 | 12.8% | 85.6% | 1.4 months | $144 | 4.5 months |
| Bedford County | 180 | 12.3% | 84.1% | 3.3 months | $197 | 2.1 months |
| Williamsburg | 169 | 38.5% | 54.1% | 3.0 months | $261 | 5.5 months |
| Isle of Wight County | 167 | 33.6% | 65.0% | 3.7 months | $184 | 2.8 months |
| Lancaster County | 164 | 21.5% | 73.2% | 2.5 months | $166 | 7.3 months |
| Louisa County | 163 | 16.9% | 79.4% | 2.5 months | $123 | 1.0 months |
| Nelson County | 162 | 6.0% | 84.6% | 2.5 months | $230 | 28 days |
| Salem | 154 | 49.3% | 50.7% | 4.5 months | $159 | 2.3 months |
| Bland County | 151 | 19.6% | 80.4% | 2.2 months | $542 | 4.1 months |
| Petersburg | 151 | 30.9% | 64.0% | 2.5 months | $152 | 6.6 months |
| Halifax County | 149 | 9.0% | 91.0% | 4.2 months | $192 | 4.5 months |
| Russell County | 145 | 34.4% | 58.6% | 2.7 months | $186 | 5.0 months |
| Nottoway County | 140 | 22.9% | 77.1% | 2.9 months | $224 | 6.0 months |
| Culpeper County | 130 | 21.3% | 76.9% | 2.2 months | $253 | 5.1 months |
| Arlington County | 128 | 21.1% | 78.9% | 2.8 months | $300 | 3.3 months |
| Fredericksburg | 126 | 40.5% | 58.6% | 2.2 months | $175 | 4.8 months |
| Greene County | 126 | 12.5% | 85.7% | 2.7 months | $136 | 2.0 months |
| King George County | 126 | 51.0% | 47.9% | 3.2 months | $196 | 3.3 months |
| Norfolk | 126 | 58.3% | 39.5% | 3.7 months | $277 | 7.6 months |
| Wise County | 123 | 46.7% | 52.3% | 3.2 months | $269 | 6.1 months |
| Winchester | 122 | 20.4% | 77.7% | 2.1 months | $158 | 6.0 months |
| Lee County | 120 | 19.5% | 78.8% | 1.9 months | $108 | 10 days |
| Scott County | 119 | 30.6% | 67.3% | 1.7 months | $202 | 1.5 months |
| Southampton County | 118 | 15.0% | 85.0% | 4.8 months | $451 | 4.6 months |
| Alexandria | 117 | 17.2% | 82.8% | 4.6 months | $150 | 29 days |
| New Kent County | 111 | 33.0% | 66.0% | 2.6 months | $499 | 6.9 months |
| Staunton | 108 | 35.4% | 62.5% | 3.9 months | $138 | 4.1 months |
| Charlotte County | 106 | 11.2% | 88.8% | 4.5 months | $238 | 2.8 months |
| Mecklenburg County | 104 | 17.0% | 83.0% | 2.8 months | $167 | 1.0 years |
| Page County | 104 | 22.4% | 77.6% | 2.2 months | $182 | 2.7 months |
| Bristol | 103 | 46.1% | 51.7% | 3.2 months | $225 | 3.0 months |
| Hopewell | 103 | 12.5% | 86.5% | 1.8 months | $207 | 5.1 months |
| Alleghany County | 101 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 2.7 months | $186 | 4.5 months |
| Prince George County | 100 | 27.0% | 69.7% | 3.6 months | $182 | 5.7 months |
| Prince Edward County | 98 | 14.3% | 70.3% | 3.0 months | $125 | — |
| Fluvanna County | 97 | 30.2% | 68.6% | 2.9 months | $206 | 2.6 months |
| Rockbridge County | 96 | 28.6% | 66.2% | 3.5 months | $232 | 5.4 months |
| Dinwiddie County | 93 | 25.7% | 73.1% | 1.9 months | $378 | 6.7 months |
| Greensville County | 89 | 8.6% | 91.4% | 2.3 months | $293 | 1.0 years |
| Caroline County | 87 | 38.6% | 58.6% | 2.8 months | $150 | 1.3 months |
| Accomack County | 84 | 53.3% | 44.0% | 2.1 months | $189 | 1.3 months |
| Franklin County | 83 | 21.8% | 78.2% | 2.2 months | $141 | 3.3 months |
| Emporia | 81 | 26.9% | 73.1% | 1.6 months | $146 | 3.0 months |
| Essex County | 81 | 37.3% | 57.6% | 2.5 months | $255 | 3.0 months |
| Campbell County | 79 | 23.3% | 76.7% | 2.8 months | $159 | 2.0 months |
| Giles County | 78 | 28.2% | 66.2% | 2.7 months | $190 | 1.0 years |
| Pittsylvania County | 77 | 12.1% | 86.4% | 2.1 months | $151 | 2.4 months |
| Charlottesville | 74 | 28.8% | 68.5% | 1.7 months | $138 | 6.0 months |
| Rappahannock County | 74 | 25.1% | 74.9% | 2.9 months | $422 | 4.4 months |
| Waynesboro | 68 | 40.0% | 60.0% | 4.7 months | $352 | 1.7 months |
| Gloucester County | 67 | 53.3% | 43.3% | 2.9 months | $299 | 4.5 months |
| Grayson County | 63 | 45.8% | 52.5% | 2.2 months | $208 | 8.1 months |
| Powhatan County | 59 | 42.0% | 56.0% | 3.5 months | $213 | 6.0 months |
| Martinsville | 58 | 34.0% | 66.0% | 2.5 months | $143 | 1.0 years |
| Surry County | 57 | 39.6% | 58.3% | 3.4 months | $166 | — |
| Floyd County | 53 | 16.7% | 79.2% | 2.2 months | $256 | — |
| Goochland County | 53 | 18.0% | 78.0% | 2.6 months | $85 | — |
| Patrick County | 53 | 28.3% | 71.7% | 2.6 months | $275 | 6.1 months |
| Sussex County | 53 | 41.9% | 58.1% | 3.5 months | $196 | 6.7 months |
| Galax | 52 | 36.2% | 63.8% | 2.4 months | $218 | 10.1 months |
| Cumberland County | 50 | 10.6% | 83.0% | 3.9 months | $148 | 1.0 months |
| Madison County | 49 | 26.8% | 70.7% | 3.1 months | $198 | 17 days |
| Northumberland County | 46 | 43.2% | 54.5% | 2.3 months | $182 | 2.4 months |
| Buchanan County | 43 | 21.6% | 75.7% | 2.3 months | $132 | 6.0 months |
| Franklin City | 43 | 44.4% | 50.0% | 3.4 months | $202 | 1.0 years |
| Lunenburg County | 40 | 10.5% | 86.8% | 2.0 months | $125 | — |
| Richmond County | 39 | 34.8% | 52.2% | 5.0 months | $341 | 6.6 months |
| Appomattox County | 37 | 44.0% | 56.0% | 2.1 months | $215 | 1.0 months |
| Buena Vista | 34 | 30.8% | 69.2% | 3.3 months | $228 | 4.1 months |
| Middlesex County | 29 | 3.4% | 93.1% | 2.0 months | $406 | 15 days |
| Craig County | 28 | 52.4% | 47.6% | 3.6 months | $390 | 10 days |
| Radford | 28 | 27.3% | 68.2% | 2.6 months | $273 | 1.0 months |
| Amelia County | 27 | 36.0% | 60.0% | 2.5 months | $196 | 6.0 months |
| Bath County | 26 | 31.8% | 68.2% | 6.5 months | $218 | 6.0 months |
| Highland County | 26 | 10.0% | 90.0% | 3.2 months | $280 | 3.0 months |
| Falls Church | 24 | 8.7% | 91.3% | 1.7 months | $223 | 3.0 months |
| Mathews County | 23 | 9.5% | 90.5% | 2.6 months | $422 | 7.7 months |
| Buckingham County | 22 | 21.1% | 78.9% | 3.0 months | $127 | — |
| Dickenson County | 22 | 36.8% | 57.9% | 3.6 months | $148 | — |
| Charles City County | 21 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 1.4 months | $133 | 3.0 months |
Source: Virginia public court records, 2025 — VirginiaCourtFile.com
Reckless Driving by Highway Corridor
Outcomes for every Virginia county along I-81, I-95, I-66, and I-64 — the corridors where most out-of-state reckless driving charges are filed.
Virginia reckless driving is a Class 1 misdemeanor, not a traffic ticket. Most people who are charged are travelers stopped by state troopers on an interstate — and the jurisdiction where the ticket was issued matters more than almost anything else. Dismissal and reduction rates vary dramatically between counties on the same highway.
Sortable tables for every county along I-81, I-95, I-66, and I-64. Based on 35,429 reckless driving cases.
Compare Reckless Driving to Related Charges
See how Reckless Driving outcomes compare side-by-side with related charges across Virginia.
Related Virginia Statutes
Virginia Code sections associated with Reckless Driving charges.
Case Dismissed?
If your Reckless Driving case was dismissed or dropped, you may be eligible to have it sealed from your record.
Data source: Virginia public court records, 2025. 35,429 cases analyzed across 124 jurisdictions. Last updated May 2, 2026. — VirginiaCourtFile.com
Common Questions
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