Roadway Reality. On a 5-year average, 16,641 people die each year on rural roads. More than 25% of these fatalities involve speeding. https://cdan.dot.gov/query
I assume the graphic should read that speeding was a contributing factor in 25% of fatalities. Otherwise, the graphic doesn't give much information, because a substantial portion of all vehicles traveling are going above the posted speed limit.
Peter Pantin
3w
The reality is more people are dying on our roads . Road safety is a responsibility of all road users, so awareness and laws must be followed by all.
John Davis
3w
Risk of fatality in a rural road crash is greater than in an urban crash, even though the urban population is greater and we have more urban crashes. We need more avenues for rural communities, who have smaller staffs and less expertise, to access and efficiently use federal safety funds!
District Training Officer at Georgia Department of Transportation
2wHopefully this info raises awareness which leads to less preventable crashes and collisions (National Safety Council terms). Accident is not a term in the NSC Defensive Driving curriculum. Maybe we should archive accidents and focus more on prevention. Teaching the NSC model I have heard drivers become a little dismissive of “accidents” because “no driver is perfect.” Saying every life counts, which is true, is helpful but no longer accepting and/or tolerating the behaviors that mostly lead to harm and death, requires owning up to the majority are preventable. Family members I have taught in the NSC course who have lost a loved one do not find comfort in the proverbial “it is what it is.”