Oct 2002 - Gov't response to to TRL 323

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You may all have seen this, however I am drafting a quick letter to my MP now as this is basically bollox having read TRL 323 this just Pisses me off.

www.roads.dft.gov.uk/roadsafety/rtspeed/pdf/cm5621.pdf

THE GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO THE TRANSPORT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE REGIONS COMMITTEE’S REPORT ON ROAD
TRAFFIC SPEED

(a) Illegal and inappropriate speed is a major contributory factor in crashes
and casualties in both urban and rural areas.
The Government welcomes the Committee’s recognition of the effects of speed
on road accidents, fatalities and serious injuries. Those critical of speed
management often misquote or selectively quote from TRL Report 323 (A New
System for Recording Contributory Factors in Road Accidents) to argue that it is
wrong to claim that speed is a major crash and injury causation factor. However,
this TRL report has been persistently misquoted and used out of context. If the
report is read in its entirety, it clearly shows that the factors that comprise
driving at both excessive and inappropriate speed effectively confirm the one third
figure of speed being a contributory factor in road accidents. Further
published research by TRL and a wide range of other internationally respected
institutions confirms beyond doubt that excessive and inappropriate speed are
the major causes of crashes on our roads. Much of this research was noted in
the bibliography and references accompanying the Memorandum submitted to
the Committee by the DTLR.