Reckless Driving in Virginia
107,510 cases across 125 jurisdictions · 2023–2024
According to 107,510 public court records from 2023–2024, Reckless Driving cases across 125 Virginia jurisdictions have an average dismissal rate of 19.6% and an average conviction rate of 78.9%. Statewide, 39.2% of Reckless Driving charges are reduced to a lesser offense. The average fine is $258.
Facing Reckless Driving charges in Virginia? Dismissal rates range from 1.7% to 63.5% depending on the court. An attorney who knows your court can tell you what this means — free, no obligation.
Ask a Virginia attorney — freeDismissal 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 125 jurisdictions with available data. Data covers 2023–2024 public court records. Last updated: December 2024
107,510
Total Cases
19.6%
Avg Dismissal Rate
78.9%
Avg Conviction Rate
$258
Avg Fine
4.1 months
Avg Sentence
39.2%
Charge Reduction Rate
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Outcomes vary significantly by court. Type your county or city below to find it quickly.
Comparison by Court
| Jurisdiction | Cases | Dismissal Rate | Conviction Rate | Median Duration | Avg Fine | Avg Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Beach | 9,265 | 9.6% | 90.1% | 2.9 months | $223 | 2.3 months |
| Brunswick County | 6,894 | 1.7% | 98.2% | 2.9 months | $340 | 1.3 months |
| Loudoun County | 4,080 | 5.7% | 93.9% | 2.6 months | $269 | 1.9 months |
| Hampton | 3,695 | 14.6% | 82.0% | 2.5 months | $233 | 1.4 months |
| Rockingham County | 3,390 | 8.5% | 90.9% | 2.1 months | $232 | 3.4 months |
| Smyth County | 3,360 | 6.4% | 93.4% | 2.9 months | $506 | 4.1 months |
| Shenandoah County | 2,989 | 6.1% | 93.8% | 3.2 months | $338 | 3.0 months |
| Richmond City | 2,894 | 45.2% | 53.1% | 3.0 months | $183 | 4.4 months |
| Stafford County | 2,854 | 30.8% | 68.0% | 3.0 months | $210 | 3.5 months |
| Henrico County | 2,762 | 32.0% | 65.5% | 3.3 months | $300 | 3.7 months |
| Prince William County | 2,730 | 30.5% | 68.9% | 2.8 months | $251 | 4.0 months |
| Mecklenburg County | 2,443 | 4.6% | 95.4% | 3.8 months | $199 | 10.3 months |
| Chesterfield County | 2,362 | 43.9% | 52.9% | 3.1 months | $191 | 6.1 months |
| Carroll County | 2,265 | 8.0% | 91.5% | 2.3 months | $513 | 11.5 months |
| Fairfax County | 2,131 | 23.8% | 75.2% | 3.4 months | $233 | 3.1 months |
| York County | 2,130 | 11.8% | 86.1% | 2.1 months | $186 | 2.6 months |
| Newport News | 2,047 | 34.0% | 62.8% | 2.7 months | $215 | 3.0 months |
| Frederick County | 1,940 | 11.1% | 88.9% | 2.7 months | $254 | 3.8 months |
| Augusta County | 1,775 | 16.1% | 83.8% | 3.8 months | $390 | 5.1 months |
| Roanoke City | 1,563 | 34.0% | 64.2% | 2.5 months | $135 | 2.5 months |
| Hanover County | 1,478 | 22.4% | 73.7% | 2.5 months | $376 | 2.3 months |
| Petersburg | 1,475 | 9.3% | 88.8% | 1.8 months | $187 | 1.0 years |
| Montgomery County | 1,451 | 18.4% | 80.8% | 2.7 months | $392 | 5.8 months |
| Albemarle County | 1,382 | 20.7% | 74.4% | 2.8 months | $150 | 2.4 months |
| Suffolk | 1,376 | 41.6% | 57.4% | 3.8 months | $233 | 4.5 months |
| Warren County | 1,341 | 4.9% | 95.1% | 3.1 months | $298 | 2.4 months |
| Chesapeake | 1,012 | 28.2% | 70.4% | 3.5 months | $211 | 3.3 months |
| Roanoke County | 951 | 32.0% | 66.8% | 4.9 months | $250 | 3.6 months |
| Bland County | 905 | 5.7% | 93.8% | 1.9 months | $402 | 3.6 months |
| Botetourt County | 880 | 26.4% | 73.1% | 4.0 months | $311 | 3.4 months |
| Portsmouth | 803 | 37.6% | 60.5% | 3.3 months | $184 | 4.1 months |
| Washington County | 779 | 24.7% | 71.4% | 2.7 months | $266 | 9.8 months |
| Wythe County | 748 | 27.1% | 69.0% | 2.4 months | $363 | 5.4 months |
| Rappahannock County | 746 | 44.2% | 55.7% | 2.1 months | $258 | 3.3 months |
| Orange County | 734 | 8.1% | 88.9% | 2.3 months | $163 | 4.3 months |
| Spotsylvania County | 713 | 27.0% | 71.8% | 2.3 months | $264 | 6.7 months |
| Lynchburg | 708 | 29.4% | 68.0% | 3.0 months | $158 | 4.2 months |
| Clarke County | 687 | 14.9% | 85.1% | 2.8 months | $217 | 2.9 months |
| Isle of Wight County | 678 | 37.9% | 57.6% | 4.4 months | $285 | 3.6 months |
| Nelson County | 657 | 8.1% | 88.3% | 3.3 months | $196 | 2.6 months |
| Pulaski County | 646 | 29.2% | 69.7% | 2.9 months | $289 | 4.7 months |
| Hopewell | 641 | 8.0% | 91.5% | 3.7 months | $376 | 4.0 months |
| Henry County | 602 | 18.6% | 79.8% | 2.2 months | $181 | 6.0 months |
| Fauquier County | 553 | 34.0% | 64.1% | 2.5 months | $237 | 6.4 months |
| Williamsburg | 546 | 31.0% | 63.9% | 2.6 months | $288 | 3.1 months |
| Gloucester County | 543 | 14.1% | 84.2% | 2.4 months | $383 | 1.7 months |
| Essex County | 541 | 30.7% | 67.6% | 2.6 months | $197 | 3.6 months |
| Southampton County | 519 | 22.7% | 76.2% | 5.2 months | $343 | 3.5 months |
| King William County | 510 | 5.5% | 92.4% | 1.7 months | $157 | 3.0 months |
| Louisa County | 501 | 9.2% | 85.7% | 2.3 months | $138 | 2.8 months |
| New Kent County | 494 | 18.0% | 79.2% | 2.3 months | $341 | 3.6 months |
| Page County | 485 | 18.3% | 81.5% | 2.2 months | $171 | 5.1 months |
| King and Queen County | 471 | 9.4% | 86.9% | 1.7 months | $148 | 4.3 months |
| Amherst County | 452 | 12.6% | 83.3% | 3.3 months | $211 | 2.1 months |
| Wise County | 434 | 47.4% | 51.1% | 3.2 months | $224 | 6.1 months |
| Rockbridge County | 431 | 37.1% | 61.1% | 3.3 months | $277 | 4.3 months |
| Halifax County | 430 | 11.3% | 88.7% | 3.1 months | $183 | 7.8 months |
| Nottoway County | 417 | 26.2% | 71.4% | 3.8 months | $236 | 4.6 months |
| Alleghany County | 389 | 47.2% | 51.7% | 2.3 months | $173 | 5.4 months |
| Danville | 386 | 25.1% | 67.1% | 3.0 months | $96 | 3.5 months |
| Tazewell County | 386 | 38.7% | 58.4% | 3.1 months | $198 | 4.7 months |
| Greene County | 383 | 26.2% | 71.8% | 2.8 months | $128 | 2.7 months |
| Northampton County | 382 | 21.3% | 77.2% | 2.4 months | $229 | 7.7 months |
| Bedford County | 377 | 27.4% | 70.5% | 3.8 months | $172 | 2.9 months |
| Salem | 370 | 49.7% | 50.3% | 4.3 months | $186 | 4.8 months |
| Alexandria | 369 | 15.1% | 84.6% | 4.0 months | $164 | 1.0 months |
| Russell County | 369 | 29.9% | 64.2% | 3.2 months | $200 | 9.5 months |
| Fredericksburg | 366 | 32.2% | 62.7% | 2.4 months | $141 | 6.3 months |
| Arlington County | 360 | 22.1% | 74.7% | 2.8 months | $286 | 2.5 months |
| Scott County | 360 | 29.9% | 68.8% | 2.5 months | $188 | 5.0 months |
| Staunton | 355 | 52.7% | 47.3% | 3.2 months | $115 | 5.3 months |
| Winchester | 353 | 21.1% | 78.9% | 2.1 months | $155 | 5.5 months |
| Culpeper County | 346 | 20.2% | 78.2% | 2.3 months | $213 | 4.8 months |
| Fluvanna County | 346 | 23.2% | 76.1% | 3.0 months | $208 | 2.1 months |
| Lee County | 337 | 23.3% | 74.2% | 2.5 months | $152 | 5.1 months |
| Campbell County | 328 | 23.4% | 75.9% | 3.2 months | $198 | 4.3 months |
| Norfolk | 318 | 57.6% | 38.0% | 3.9 months | $281 | 5.7 months |
| Prince George County | 313 | 28.5% | 62.8% | 3.7 months | $199 | 3.9 months |
| Dinwiddie County | 308 | 13.3% | 86.7% | 2.1 months | $322 | 7.1 months |
| King George County | 293 | 56.7% | 39.8% | 3.7 months | $210 | 4.9 months |
| Giles County | 286 | 28.3% | 67.7% | 3.1 months | $310 | 6.1 months |
| Accomack County | 279 | 32.6% | 59.8% | 1.9 months | $146 | 2.2 months |
| Caroline County | 277 | 39.0% | 55.2% | 3.1 months | $221 | 3.4 months |
| Lancaster County | 259 | 38.8% | 59.5% | 2.3 months | $176 | 5.1 months |
| Franklin County | 258 | 28.2% | 71.4% | 2.7 months | $141 | 4.4 months |
| Bristol | 256 | 37.9% | 54.6% | 3.8 months | $215 | 6.8 months |
| Goochland County | 256 | 19.1% | 74.4% | 2.5 months | $118 | 2.6 months |
| Colonial Heights | 254 | 38.4% | 57.2% | 2.9 months | $198 | 5.7 months |
| Westmoreland County | 248 | 32.9% | 67.1% | 2.1 months | $145 | 6.3 months |
| Prince Edward County | 247 | 14.7% | 78.1% | 4.2 months | $145 | 9.3 months |
| Charlotte County | 237 | 11.1% | 88.4% | 4.0 months | $304 | 7.0 months |
| Northumberland County | 235 | 27.3% | 71.8% | 2.2 months | $161 | 3.4 months |
| Greensville County | 226 | 15.5% | 84.5% | 3.3 months | $302 | 8.3 months |
| Patrick County | 214 | 24.3% | 75.1% | 3.1 months | $238 | 7.3 months |
| Cumberland County | 208 | 4.4% | 90.7% | 4.5 months | $168 | 1.0 months |
| Pittsylvania County | 206 | 20.5% | 76.8% | 1.9 months | $123 | 1.8 years |
| Powhatan County | 200 | 36.0% | 61.8% | 3.3 months | $201 | 6.3 months |
| Charlottesville | 197 | 39.7% | 58.8% | 2.0 months | $149 | 1.7 months |
| Middlesex County | 193 | 11.2% | 87.8% | 2.1 months | $371 | 1.0 months |
| Floyd County | 182 | 16.2% | 81.2% | 2.6 months | $304 | 2.5 months |
| Waynesboro | 172 | 31.0% | 68.4% | 3.8 months | $195 | 1.6 months |
| Buchanan County | 170 | 27.2% | 66.5% | 2.9 months | $189 | 7.0 months |
| Sussex County | 150 | 40.0% | 57.0% | 2.7 months | $190 | 9.4 months |
| Galax | 148 | 53.0% | 44.8% | 2.8 months | $213 | 5.7 months |
| Richmond County | 145 | 36.1% | 61.7% | 2.5 months | $156 | 6.5 months |
| Martinsville | 141 | 29.7% | 68.0% | 3.0 months | $182 | 10.6 months |
| Grayson County | 139 | 41.3% | 54.8% | 2.6 months | $308 | 8.9 months |
| Falls Church | 136 | 5.9% | 94.1% | 1.7 months | $210 | 2.7 months |
| Emporia | 129 | 29.0% | 69.4% | 1.9 months | $164 | 5.1 months |
| Madison County | 120 | 16.0% | 82.0% | 3.2 months | $311 | 6.4 months |
| Lunenburg County | 112 | 29.4% | 70.6% | 2.4 months | $123 | 7.6 months |
| Radford | 107 | 45.1% | 54.9% | 3.6 months | $325 | 7.5 months |
| Buckingham County | 105 | 27.8% | 66.0% | 4.0 months | $137 | 10.6 months |
| Franklin City | 105 | 39.4% | 47.9% | 4.7 months | $204 | 3.3 months |
| Amelia County | 102 | 34.0% | 63.8% | 2.8 months | $237 | 8.7 months |
| Buena Vista | 102 | 34.1% | 65.9% | 4.0 months | $163 | 5.3 months |
| Appomattox County | 86 | 48.7% | 51.3% | 2.1 months | $191 | 8.6 months |
| Bath County | 83 | 34.2% | 65.8% | 3.8 months | $273 | 1.0 years |
| Surry County | 81 | 31.9% | 63.9% | 4.1 months | $194 | 5.5 months |
| Highland County | 77 | 23.1% | 76.9% | 4.0 months | $391 | 2.0 months |
| Dickenson County | 72 | 32.4% | 60.6% | 1.8 months | $156 | 1.0 years |
| Mathews County | 72 | 16.9% | 81.7% | 2.2 months | $333 | 5.4 months |
| Charles City County | 68 | 14.3% | 79.4% | 2.0 months | $219 | 2.0 months |
| Craig County | 67 | 63.5% | 36.5% | 7.4 months | $201 | — |
| Fairfax City | 20 | 21.1% | 78.9% | 3.3 months | $190 | 6.0 months |
Source: Virginia public court records, 2023–2024 — VirginiaCourtFile.com
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Data source: Virginia public court records, 2023–2024. 107,510 cases analyzed across 125 jurisdictions. Last updated December 2024. — VirginiaCourtFile.com
Common Questions
Statistics from public court records for informational purposes only. Not legal advice. Past outcomes do not predict future results.
Craig County has the highest dismissal rate for Reckless Driving at 63.5%. Use the comparison table above to see how all Virginia jurisdictions compare for dismissal rates, conviction rates, and case timelines.
A total of 107,510 Reckless Driving cases were filed across 125 Virginia jurisdictions in 2023–2024, with an average dismissal rate of 19.6%. Click on any jurisdiction above to see detailed statistics for that court.
The average conviction rate for Reckless Driving across Virginia is 78.9%, based on 2023-2024 public court records. Rates vary by jurisdiction — use the comparison table above to see how each court differs. For guidance on your specific situation, consult a licensed Virginia attorney.
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