North Carolina speed management recommendations for action.

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• Creators:
  Thomas, Libby ; Srinivasan, Raghavan ; Hunter, William ; Rodgman, Eric
• Corporate Creators:
  University of North Carolina. Highway Safety Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Speed
  • Traffic accidents
  • Fatalities
  • Traffic safety
  • Recommendations
  • Statistics
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  North Carolina
• Corporate Publisher:
  North Carolina. Dept. of Transportation
• 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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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26677/dot_26677_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.62 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e88e8ecef02f36d51682b0165263cecee1b56a98dd6b97dd447b4eeadb5e71a0