IIHS: Speed limit increases in US caused 33,000 deaths over 20 years
Green Car Congress
APRIL 14, 2016
Taking into account other factors that affected the fatality rate—including changes in unemployment, the number of potential young drivers (ages 16-24) and per capita alcohol consumption—he found that each 5 mph increase in the maximum speed limit resulted in a 4% increase in fatalities. Maximum speed limits January 1993.
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