• Small reductions in vehicle speeds dramatically increase the chance of a pedestrian surviving a crash.
    Small reductions in vehicle speeds dramatically increase the chance of a pedestrian surviving a crash.
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Speeding and Road Safety: The Facts

Speed is one of the major killers on our roads each year, and is one of the biggest road safety challenges facing Victoria today.

The following documents outline the facts about speeding and road safety.
Further information, including an overview of current local and international research is also available from the links below.

Speed. Keep it down. (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 538k)

Speed. Keep it down - Multi-lingual

Speed. Keep it down (ARABIC). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 776k)
Speed. Keep it down (CHINESE). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 776k)
Speed. Keep it down (CROATIAN). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 776k)
Speed. Keep it down (GREEK). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 776k)
Speed. Keep it down (ITALIAN). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 776k)
Speed. Keep it down (MACEDONIAN). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 776k)
Speed. Keep it down (POLISH). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 776k)
Speed. Keep it down (RUSSIAN). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 776k)
Speed. Keep it down (SERBIAN). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 776k)
Speed. Keep it down (SOMALI). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 776k)
Speed. Keep it down (SPANISH). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 776k)
Speed. Keep it down (TURKISH). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 776k)
Speed. Keep it down (VIETNAMESE). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 776k)

Don’t Ignore The Facts... (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 58k)

Don't Ignore The Facts- Multi-lingual

Don't Ignore The Facts (ARABIC). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 182k)
Don't Ignore The Facts (CHINESE). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 182k)
Don't Ignore The Facts (CROATIAN). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 182k)
Don't Ignore The Facts (GREEK). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 182k)
Don't Ignore The Facts (ITALIAN). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 182k)
Don't Ignore The Facts (MACEDONIAN). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 182k)
Don't Ignore The Facts (POLISH). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 182k)
Don't Ignore The Facts (RUSSIAN). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 182k)
Don't Ignore The Facts (SERBIAN). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 182k)
Don't Ignore The Facts (SOMALI). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 182k)
Don't Ignore The Facts (SPANISH). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 182k)
Don't Ignore The Facts (TURKISH). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 182k)
Don't Ignore The Facts (VIETNAMESE). (Adobe Acrobat PDF - 182k)

Further information

Faster travel and the price we pay:
Report from the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety examining the consequences of speed and the role of car advertising.
http://www.iihs.org/sr/pdfs/sr3810.pdf

Down with speed:
A New Zealand review of literature related to speeding.
http://www.acc.co.nz/acc-publications/pdfs/ip/acc672-down-with-speed.pdf

Synthesis of safety research related to speed and speed limits
http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/speed/speed.htm

Travelling speed and the risk of crash involvement:
Report by The University of Adelaide Road Accident Research Unit into crash risks in 60km/h speed limit zones.
http://casr.adelaide.edu.au/speed/

Fact sheet:
Speeding - World Health Organisation
http://www.who.int/world-health-day/2004/infomaterials/world_report/en/speed_en.pdf

Fact sheet:
Speeding - NMRA.
http://www.mynrma.com.au/motoring/drivers/pdfs/Speeding.pdf

World report on traffic injury prevention.
http://www.who.int/world-health-day/2004/infomaterials/world_report/en/

Speed information, including the 'wipe off 5' material.
http://www.tac.vic.gov.au/...

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