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www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13046813,00.html
SPEEDING LOW DOWN LIST
Speeding is only the seventh most-frequent cause of road accidents in the UK, Department of Transport statistics have shown.
Inattention followed by failure to judge another driver's path or speed topped the list released by the Safe Speed campaign group.
Based on data from police forces, the figures also showed that more accidents were caused by motorists looking but not seeing, drivers being careless and drivers failing to look than by excessive speed.
For accident cause purposes, "excessive speed" includes both speed in excess of the speed limit and inappropriate speed for the conditions.
The Safe Speed group said that data from one police force - Avon and Somerset - revealed that 70% of "excessive speed" instances took place within the speed limit.
The Safe Speed campaign's founder Paul Smith said: "It should be obvious that the modern emphasis on speed-limit enforcement by camera risks increasing these common accident types.
"Precious and vital driver attention is diverted to the speedometer, speed limits and the risk of speed enforcement operations.
"The authorities must now acknowledge that `speed kills' road safety policy backed with speed cameras is not benefiting road safety.
"The policy is wasted on attempting to solve a problem that simply does not exist."
According to the latest data, the most-frequent contributory factors to accidents are:
1. Inattention
2. Failure to judge other person's path or speed
3. Looked but did not see
4. Behaviour - careless, thoughtless or reckless
5. Failed to look
6. Lack of judgment of own path
7. Excessive speed.
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www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13046813,00.html
SPEEDING LOW DOWN LIST
Speeding is only the seventh most-frequent cause of road accidents in the UK, Department of Transport statistics have shown.
Inattention followed by failure to judge another driver's path or speed topped the list released by the Safe Speed campaign group.
Based on data from police forces, the figures also showed that more accidents were caused by motorists looking but not seeing, drivers being careless and drivers failing to look than by excessive speed.
For accident cause purposes, "excessive speed" includes both speed in excess of the speed limit and inappropriate speed for the conditions.
The Safe Speed group said that data from one police force - Avon and Somerset - revealed that 70% of "excessive speed" instances took place within the speed limit.
The Safe Speed campaign's founder Paul Smith said: "It should be obvious that the modern emphasis on speed-limit enforcement by camera risks increasing these common accident types.
"Precious and vital driver attention is diverted to the speedometer, speed limits and the risk of speed enforcement operations.
"The authorities must now acknowledge that `speed kills' road safety policy backed with speed cameras is not benefiting road safety.
"The policy is wasted on attempting to solve a problem that simply does not exist."
According to the latest data, the most-frequent contributory factors to accidents are:
1. Inattention
2. Failure to judge other person's path or speed
3. Looked but did not see
4. Behaviour - careless, thoughtless or reckless
5. Failed to look
6. Lack of judgment of own path
7. Excessive speed.
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