Increased Speed Limits are Tied to 37,000 Deaths Over 25 Years

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)

A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows that over the past 25 years, rising speed limits have cost nearly 37,000 lives, including more than 1,900 in 2017 alone,

“About 10,000 people a year die in speed-related crashes,” IIHS President David Harkey says. “We can reduce this toll through effective, high-visibility enforcement and traffic engineering measures. Reasonable speed limits also have a crucial role to play, as our new study demonstrates.”

Read the article at Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ((IIHS)

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