Reducing Speeding-Related Crashes Involving Passenger Vehicles

(Click on the image for the NTSB study)

Focused on 5 safety issues pertaining to the effective application of proven and emerging countermeasures for speeding: speed limits, data-driven approaches for speed enforcement
automated speed enforcement, intelligent speed adaptation, and national leadership
Among the findings:

• Speed—and therefore speeding—increases crash risk in two ways: (1) it increases the likelihood of being involved in a crash, and (2) it increases the severity of injuries sustained by all road users in a crash.
• Automated speed enforcement (ASE) is also widely acknowledged as an effective countermeasure to reduce speeding-related crashes, fatalities, and injuries.
• The current level of emphasis on speeding as a national traffic safety issue is lower than warranted.

Among the recommendations: Amend current laws to remove operational and location restrictions on the use of automated speed enforcement, except where such restrictions are necessary to align with best practices.