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Speed: slow down! Facts - Speed contributes to at least 30% of road traffic crashes and deaths. - For every 1km/hr increase in speed there is a 3% increase in the incidence of injury crashes and a 5% increase in the risk of a fatal crash. - Pedestrians are eight times more likely to be killed by cars traveling at 50km/h than 30km/h. Key interventions - setting and enforcing speed limits - designing roads according to their function (e.g. highways, suburban roads) - speed cameras or stationary enforcement - traffic calming measures, such as speed bumps and traffic circles - education and public information. |
