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Originally Posted by karj
No. These stats put road fatalities down to a single cause. In 6.4%, excessive speed was recorded as the single cause.
This means that there is likely a higher percentage of fatalities where excessive speed did contribute, but it's not recorded in these stats.
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I agree with your analysis of these stats - but I would like to see the specific scenarios where speed was the deemed cause.
It is very hard to come up with any.
Can anyone conceive any circumstances where speed was the sole cause ?
Can anyone conceive any circumstances where speed was the primary cause ?
Innocent party entering a road and unable to determine the speed of a car already on the road because it was speeding.
... No - this is "failure to give way" with speed as an additional factor - note: what if the speeding car had been an emergency vehicle (no lights or siren - police do this for justifiable cause)
Innocent Party overtaking a truck, oncoming car speeding = head on.
... maybe this one, but only if the road was marked for overtaking, the oncoming car was not visible at the commencement of the overtake and the overtake would have been completed in the marked area.
Speeding car fails to make corner on country road
.. maybe this one - but there may be other circumstances that outweigh the speeding (alcohol, inexperience, wildlife)
Any others ?