Speed and road safety

• Speed and accident risk
• Speed and environment; speed and travel time
• Speed and injury severity
• Speed and the injury risk for different speed levels
• Speed is a central issue in road safety
• Speeding: societal vs. individual consequences

Speed and road safety

Related to road safety, speed affects

• The risk of being involved in an accident
• The severity of an accident

In general: the higher the speed, the higher the accident risk and the more severe the accident consequences.