Safe Speeds

Speed

Speed is a major contributing factor involved in road crashes. In 2009, excessive speed contributed to 31 percent of all fatal crashes and 17 percent of all injury crashes in New Zealand. These crashes resulted in 118 deaths, 553 serious injuries and 2067 minor injuries.

In the Marlborough district, travelling too fast for conditions was a factor in 18 percent of all injury crashes in 2009, higher than the national average (17 percent) and lower than the average for similar authorities (19 percent).