Every year thousands of innocent road users and pedestrians and animals are killed as a direct result of speeding motorists. Traffic Patrol Officers on mobile patrol. The scene of a road traffic accident where a motorcycle crashed as the result of speeding. Statistics show that around 10 people are killed every day in road accidents. At least a third of deaths and injuries are the result of excessive driver speed.
Every death is sad, but entirely avoidable death is a tragedy.
Driving too fast kills 1,200 people on the roads every year - more than any other cause, and it doesn't have to happen. In 1997 there were 3,599 people killed on the roads. In 1998 there were 3,421 people killed and 321,791 people injured. At 35 mph you are twice as likely to kill someone as you are at 30 mph. The majority of road accidents happen in built up areas.