Montgomery County accounted for 32% of school zone speeding tickets written across Pennsylvania from 2021 through 2025. Data from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, reported on by the Reading Eagle, revealed 5,326 tickets in the county during this stretch—the state’s highest tally among 16,834 citations.
Delaware County placed second. It saw 1,558 citations, roughly 9% of the statewide figure. Bucks County logged 1,459 tickets, which represented 8.67% of violations. Allegheny County had 1,255 at 7.46%. Chester County closed the top five with 974 tickets at 5.79%.
State law caps school zone speeds at 15 mph.
Those same three southeastern Pennsylvania counties led in citations for passing stopped school buses. Allegheny County claimed first place here with 1,544 citations—18.6% of 8,302 tickets written statewide.
Montgomery County grabbed about 13% of bus violations with 1,090 citations. Bucks County wrote 551 tickets at 6.64%. Chester County issued 498 at 6%, while Delaware County recorded 449 citations for 5.41% of the state’s total.
State law demands drivers halt at least 10 feet before a school bus when red signal lights flash and side stop signal arms extend.
School zone speeding citations climbed each year in Montgomery County between 2021 and 2025. The county wrote 933 tickets in 2021. Then came 791 in 2022, 1,047 in 2023, 1,237 in 2024, and 1,318 in 2025.
Bradford, Montour, and Warren counties had the fewest citations for school zone speeding—one ticket apiece during the five-year window. Forest County logged just three citations for passing a stopped school bus, the state’s lowest mark for that violation.
Berks County recorded 501 school zone speeding citations and 280 bus violations during the same period.