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North Carolina speed management recommendations for action.
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2013-08-01
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Abstract:Nearly 5,000 people lost their lives in speeding-related crashes in North Carolina over the past
10 years. Nearly twice as many individuals suffered disabling injuries. Among those killed were
131 children younger than age 14, 85 teens aged 14 to 15, and 974 young people aged 16 to 20.
While crashes, fatalities, and injuries have fallen in North Carolina, as throughout the U.S., over
the past decade (Figure 1), more can be done to reduce the risk of serious harm resulting from
inappropriate speed. Although these declines are good news, and North Carolina is to be
commended on this progress, all of the reasons for these declines are not entirely clear.
Engineering safety improvements, graduated driver licensing for young drivers, continuing
safety improvements in vehicles, and other policy changes have all contributed. At the same
time, some of the decrease in the most recent years is attributable to less driving or changes in
the type of driving due to the economic downtown, job losses, and higher fuel prices. In the
latter case, the trends may turn upward again as the economy revives, which, in fact, has
already been observed in 2011 and in early statistics for 2012.
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