17-12-2002 01:44									#31
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel [QUOTE]Around 35% of fatal accidents are due to speeding. are you sure? could you give me some data on that?

http://www.observer.co.uk/review/st...,796328,00.html

quote: 50 per cent of road victims are car passengers. 25 per cent of road deaths involve pedestrians. 87 per cent of car casualties are front-seat occupants. 64 per cent of car deaths involve drivers. 40 per cent of pedestrian casualties are children. 47 per cent of pedestrian fatalities are people aged 60 or older. 20 per cent of cyclist deaths involve children. One in seven casualties occurs on urban roads, but 50 per cent of deaths happen on rural roads. 42 per cent of road deaths occur at night. 80 per cent of road deaths occur in collisions between vehicles. 8 per cent of collisions are the result of vehicle defects. Drivers between 17 and 20 are six times more likely to be involved in a collision than a driver over 40. 33 per cent of collisions are a result of speeding. A 1 per cent reduction in mean traffic speed reduces fatalities by 7 per cent. 5 per cent of pedestrians hit at 20mph are killed; the figure climbs to 45 per cent at 30 mph and 85 per cent at 40mph. 5 per cent of road casualties and 15 per cent of deaths are alcohol-related. 10 per cent of collisions are caused by driver fatigue. The most dangerous road in Europe runs from Faro to Cape St Vincent in the Algarve, Portugal. Six people died in road accidents in Britain per 100,000 population in 2000-2001; in Portugal the rate was 21.9.

	17-12-2002 01:51									#32
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Speeding makes a huge difference. The physics equation Kinetic Energy = 0.5 * mass * (velocity)^2 means that the oomf of a crash climbs exponentially with speed.
I would like to know how the 15% of pedestrians that get hit at 40 mph survive.

	17-12-2002 02:18									#33
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quote: The most dangerous road in Europe runs from Faro to Cape St Vincent in the Algarve, Portugal.

Yikes, I've been on that road in a bus