(Click on the image for Kris Van Cleave's CBS News report)
- 31% of deadly crashes are related to speeding (nearly as many as were killed in alcohol-involved crashes).
- More than 11,000 people killed in these accidents every year.
- Speed cameras, when properly placed, have helped to significantly reduce the likelihood of a driver exceeding the speed limit, making streets safer for pedestrians and drivers.
- Unlike other traffic safety issues with a similar impact (such as alcohol-impaired driving) there are no nationwide programs to increase public awareness of the risks of speeding.
- The NTSB press release on reducing speed-related crashes is here.