There was an increase in respondents admitting to intentionally speeding in 60km/h zones (42 per cent, up from 39 per cent in 2020) and 100km/h zones (45 per cent, compared to 40 per cent in 2020).
The report also revealed people viewed speeding as less dangerous than most other high-risk driving behaviours, such as drink driving and using a mobile phone.
“It is deeply concerning to see so many lives being lost on our roads, and we can’t sit by and accept it,” Roads and Road Safety Minister Ben Carroll said.
“We are pleading with anyone thinking of partaking in risk-taking behaviour to heed the warning and slow down.”
Speed is a contributing factor to about a third of road trauma deaths each year, and about 25 per cent of serious injuries.
So far this year 147 people have been killed on Victorian roads, compared to 130 at the same time last year.
Other findings included 45 per cent admitting to driving while feeling drowsy, 29 per cent used their phone illegally while driving in the previous three months and four per cent had driven while knowing or thinking they were over the legal blood alcohol limit.
TAC has launched a second wave of an advertising campaign aimed at deterring road users from engaging in unsafe behaviours and reminding them that they will get caught.