Speed has been identified as causing 50% of road traffic crashes globally, and road safety measures are now targeting speed reduction. This study aim to assess speed violations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Speed data were collected with a radar gun and other details of the vehicles such as the direction of movement, vehicle category, peak or off-peak period, and days of the week associated with the sample vehicle were also recorded. A sample of 240 vehicles were selected from six roads linking FCT Abuja to the suburbs, Speed of 100kmph and above were considered as violations while 99kmph and below were considered acceptable. The data were analyzed using the Pearson Chi-Square test and One sample t-test analysis. The result shows significant speed violations along Kubwa expressway and Mabuchi-kado particularly with private vehicles, on weekdays, at peak periods, and both weekends and weekdays respectively. The study concludes that there is a high rate of speed violations and recommend that public enlightenment, enforcement of speed-limiting devices in both private and commercial vehicle with the installation of traffic calming, especially speed camera must be deployed on all highways.