Probably true, but:-
Chief Constable of Durham, Paul Garvin, reported in The Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2003.
"I actually believe in casualty reduction and trying to make the roads safer but, having looked at the accident statistics in this area, we find that if you break down the 1,900 collisions we have each year only three per cent involve cars that are exceeding the speed limit. Just 60 accidents per year involve vehicles exceeding the speed limit.
You then need to look at causes of these 60 accidents. Speed may be a factor in the background but the actual cause of the accident invariably is drink-driving or drug-driving. Drug-taking is becoming more of a problem. In 40 per cent of bane road accidents in this area one or more of the people involved have drugs in their system.
Many accidents were caused by fatigue, although one of the most common causes of crashes was the failure of drivers to watch out for oncoming vehicles when turning right.
The cause of accidents is clearly something different than exceeding the speed limit and we ought to be looking at those other factors,"
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