Safe Speed Forums

Various anti-motoring organisations (and individuals) frequently claim that speeding is responsible for 30% of the fatalities which occur on our roads each year.

Whilst the DfT certainly used to state that speed (not necessarily exceeding the speed limit) was a factor (not necessarily the main cause) in 30% of accidents (not necessarily fatal), they now say they “no longer use this figure”.

Nontheless, the anti-car lobby continue to treat their own misreading of outdated statistics as if it were written in tablets of stone.

Has anyone got any reliable, up-to-date statistics of what percentage of road fatalities are actually caused by people exceeding the speed limit, as opposed to simply inappropriate speed?

I’m not for one moment advocating mass disobedience of speed limits, but this undue concentration on those breaking them leads, in my opinion, to the dangerous mindset which says “if I’m within the speed limit I’m bomb-proof”.

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There are no official figures informing us of the proportion of crashes caused or contributed to by 'speeding' (i.e. exceeding a speed limit.) However, we do have some figures and can make some sensible interpretations from them. See:

http://www.safespeed.org.uk/pr110.html and
http://www.safespeed.org.uk/pr112.html

It's also interesting to note that speeding appears to be far more prevalent than crashes involving speeding.

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Paul Smith
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Yokel

Welcome aboard, I think you'll find an awful lot of like minded people here.

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Science won over religion when they started installing lightning rods on churches.

Hello Yokel, and welcome.

I'm quite new here too, but most people are really friendly, know their stuff and I've learned heaps since I started using this forum

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Thanks for the info, Paul - very useful.

Thanks too to Sixy and Jamie for your welcoming messages.

Hi, Yokel!

It's great to have a new user who 'dips their toe in the water' with such an astute observation. Welcome indeed - you clearly are among friends!

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Aquila



Licat volare si super tergum aquila volat...

Speed kills - plenty of evidence it does - but thats the white ( i am led to believe ) tablets.

The other story - believe that what Stevenson was told about his Rocket - now look at the Branston Pendelinos - at 125 MPH.


BTW

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on