Speeding causes 3x as many deaths as previously thought...

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It seems.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/8959cbb4-d3a3-1...

https://twitter.com/AndyCoxDCS/status/152575131436...

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gottans said:

That all makes sense but it still doesn't take account of the drivers ability so any determination of 'too fast for the conditions' is fatally flawed and meaningless or is the working assumption the lowest driving ability is assumed which makes a 'too fast for the conditions' conclusion inevitable and still meaningless. The end result is an over-estimation of the contribution speed has to the accident cause irrespective of when the conclusion reached.

Is driver ability taken into account during the RTA investigation?

Surely the only thing that can be said about driver ability that is is something which is 'greatly exaggerated' or ' greatly overestimated'?

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DodgyGeezer said:

and yet if you were doing 70 and everything else was exactly the same speed would be down as a factor.....

Down as a factor in your death or more severe injury than you have suffered if doing 50?

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Is the original article stating that the adjusted speed figures show speed to be a higher factor in the crash happening, or a higher factor in it being fatal?

I'm erring towards reading it as the latter.