Remember how the government swore that a third of fatal accidents were caused by speed?

And they came up with all kinds of desktop and computer model studies to "prove" it.

After their original "evidence" was shown to be bullsh!t!

 

And then the study into asleep at the wheel accidents only found under 4% to be down to speeding.

 

Well, now another official study of Motorcycle accidents shows the same kind of thing:

 

Despite the fact that:

Speeding was found to be common among the respondents, with 58% (n ¼ 143)

admitting to always, or frequently, breaking the speed limit. The remaining

respondents admitted to ‘occasionally’ breaking the speed limit but only when they

thought it was safe to do so.

 

It found:

Travelling in excess of the speed limit was considered

to be a contributory factor in just 3.5% accidents on the motorcycle accident

database. Of these, 62% were a result of the motorcyclist speeding. Misjudging the

appropriate speed for conditions, however, accounted for a further 5.6% of accidents

where the speed limit itself was not broken. Speeding, whether in excess of the

speed limit or travelling too fast for the conditions, was therefore a factor in a total

of 9.2% of accidents on the motorcycle accident database.

 

From the:

Road Safety Research Report No. 54
In-depth Study of Motorcycle Accidents

Commissioned by the DfT

 

"Remember how the government swore that a third of fatal accidents were caused by speed?"

They probably were - until the speed cameras dropped speeds and KSI (down 10% again last year)

Did you have to practice to get this thick?

 

"Remember how the government swore that a third of fatal accidents were caused by speed?" They probably were It is on record that the "third" consists mainly of "speed related" things like misjudging the safe and legal speed of approaching traffic when pulling out of a junction. Or rushing through a red light. ie Nothing to do with speeding at all.   Time and time again real world studies come up with under 4% of accidents have speed above the limit as a factor only. And under 10% even when you add in driving too fast for the conditions but within the speed limit.    - until the speed cameras dropped speeds and KSI (down 10% again last year) I think you'll find it was 8%. And it coincided with a moratorium in speed camera installations.   In other words: Before sCams the fatality rates fell steady for decades. With the spread of sCams the trend levelled off and appeared to be starting to rise. When the spread was stopped the downward trend returned.   Though, obviously, from a much higher level than it would have been at without sCams. In fact, some say 5,000 more people died with sCams than would have if we hadn't introduced them!   Next!

Nearly forgot:

As well the asleep at the wheel study showing less than 4% of accidents having speeding as a factor even, ditto the study into motorcycling accidents.

And any number of police annual statistics before they stopped publishing the breakdowns.

And the study into accident causation.

Which the goverment and the rest of the anti-car lobby used to "prove" Speed Kills in a third of accidents.

Until someone spotted that most of the third had nothing to do with speeding.

 

A recent study into speed cameras on motorways.

Where most people speed most of the time.

Showed that accidents went up where they introduced speed cameras.