thedude4bides
Go Kart Champion
"High speed reduces the possibility to respond in time when necessary. People need time to process information, to decide whether or not to react and, finally to execute a reaction. At high speed the distance covered in this period is longer. At high speeds the distance between starting to brake and a complete stand still is longer as well. The braking distance is proportional to the square of speed (v2). Therefore, the possibility to avoid a collision becomes smaller as speed increases. "
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/wcm/r.../Content/20_speed/speed_and_accident_risk.htm
"The resulting predictive relationship for total injury accidents shows that accident frequency rises rapidly with the mean traffic speed on a given road, and quantifies this effect. The relationship can be used to estimate the change in accident frequency resulting from a change in mean speed on a given road and, if applied to local or national accident statistics, to estimate the effects of different speed management strategies."
http://apivir.org/acrobatpdf/taylorvoiesetrisques.pdf
"Speed has been found to have a very large effect on road safety, probably larger than any other known risk factor. Speed is a risk factor for absolutely all accidents, ranging from the smallest fender-bender to fatal accidents. The effect of speed is greater for serious injury accidents and fatal accidents than for property- damage-only accidents."
https://www.toi.no/getfile.php/Publikasjoner/TØI rapporter/2004/740-2004/740-2004.pdf
For those that like pictures:
http://visual.ly/car-accident-statistics-infographic
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/wcm/r.../Content/20_speed/speed_and_accident_risk.htm
"The resulting predictive relationship for total injury accidents shows that accident frequency rises rapidly with the mean traffic speed on a given road, and quantifies this effect. The relationship can be used to estimate the change in accident frequency resulting from a change in mean speed on a given road and, if applied to local or national accident statistics, to estimate the effects of different speed management strategies."
http://apivir.org/acrobatpdf/taylorvoiesetrisques.pdf
"Speed has been found to have a very large effect on road safety, probably larger than any other known risk factor. Speed is a risk factor for absolutely all accidents, ranging from the smallest fender-bender to fatal accidents. The effect of speed is greater for serious injury accidents and fatal accidents than for property- damage-only accidents."
https://www.toi.no/getfile.php/Publikasjoner/TØI rapporter/2004/740-2004/740-2004.pdf
For those that like pictures:
http://visual.ly/car-accident-statistics-infographic