See below for speeding statistics: In 2012, Victoria recorded a total of 282 deaths on the road, with speed a major factor in many crashes. As anyone who has troubled to read the relevant research will understand why.Drivers’ “choices”, however, are not always suitable, and limits other than the 85%ile may have to be imposed.The only fair way to do this is by the application of mandatory ISA, as TfL has in respect of its buses.Unfortunately, our caring governments continue to drag their heels on the matter, adding (in Scotland) to the 2000 or so excess deaths which have occurred since 1996 (the disastrous “re-organisation” of local government, which led to the loss of strategic local authorities, capable of dealing with roads and their problems, properly).So, Paul (below) has a lot to learn, Robert is spot-on, and Hugh likewise.Although they’d probably be embarrassed to be associated with them, perhaps it’s time we recommended Oliver Carsten & his associates for a Prince Michael award. Speeding has been a factor in more than a quarter of crash deaths since 2009. Speeding is defined to include crashes in which the driver was issued a traffic citation for speeding or in which driver-related factors included driving too fast for conditions, racing or exceeding the posted speed limit.In 2018, the percentage of crash deaths involving speeding was higher on minor roads (30 percent) than on interstates and freeways (28 percent) or on other major roads (23 percent).Of the 9,378 speeding-related fatalities that occurred in 2018, about half (52 percent) occurred on roads with speed limits lower than 55 mph.A total of 2,690 of 51,490 or 5 percent of drivers in fatal crashes that occurred in 2018 were distracted. During the 12 months ended August 2020, there were 1,121 road deaths. Find speed camera locations. Der Straßenpreis für ein Gramm des weißen Pulvers beläuft sich auf 70,30 Euro. 2. Speed can be divided into three categories: excessive - speeding is … In 2017, the number of motor vehicle fatalities in Canada was 1,841, down 2.8% from 2016 (1,895). 54% exceeding a 30 limit is probably the highest you will ever get on such aroad and will probably be from permanent counters set in main routes and not your typical residential/urban 30 limit where compliance is typically very high.The 60 limit on single c/way roads is the most complied with simply because a lot of these roads are not capable of sustaining this level of speed anyway as they are default speed limits.By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies.The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. Our Average speed … There’s a limit as to how much we should accomodate the anti-social and generally poor drivers on our roads.> Do you really propose adjusting a law because people break it.Well, I for one have proposed (and had accepted) the raising of speed limits on that principle before, so yes?Moreover, are people forgetting the rather high %age of HGVs that were exceeding the previous 40mph limit on single carriageways in England and Wales?Perhaps the 54% could try harder and comply with the 30 speed limits..like the 46% who do?Robert Bolt – Do you really propose adjusting a law because people break it ?A stronger case could be made that if injury collisions are occurring on a road then limits are too high and need revising downwards.At the risk of boring everyone, can I re-iterate the well-known fact, that, in general, drivers “choose” speeds which seem appropriate from their reading of the road ahead. In 2018, speeding was a factor in 26 percent of motor vehicle crash deaths. This rate is about one-third the all-time high rate of 3.36 in 1980.Motor vehicle crash deaths and deaths per 100 million miles traveled, 1975-2018.At all ages, males had higher per capita crash death rates than females in 2018. The statistics measure speed and compliance at sites where the road conditions are ‘free flowing’ – for example roads with no junctions, hills, sharp bends, speed enforcement cameras or other traffic calming measures. A total of 36,560 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2018. In 2017, there were 9,960 … This is a decrease of 4.8 per cent from the 12-month period ending August 2019.