Road Traffic Accidents caused by Speeding
It has been estimated that there are around ten thousand road traffic accidents on Britain’s roads every day and about 290,000 injuries are caused through road traffic accidents every year; so it is important that drivers recognise the reasons as to why car accidents happen so frequently in order for steps to be taken to avoid further road traffic accidents from occurring.
Out of all the accidents that take place on roads within Britain; one in 20 of them are caused by a driver who is speeding. Even though this only amounts to a small percentage of road traffic accidents they can cause some of the worse forms of personal injury.
One in seven of us regularly break the speed limit and the faster a vehicle is going there is obviously a greater risk of an accident occurring. This seven out of ten means that 90% of us are speeding at some point during the time that we spend driving in our life and 75% of us have admitted to doing this on a regular basic. Even just exceeding the speed limit by 5mph in the wrong place can be dangerous and this is made even worse if it is combined with aggressive driving.
Speeding is a deliberate and calculated behaviour where the driver knows the risk but ignores the danger. Speed limits are put in place for a reason and they were decided by traffic engineers who chose the speed to make sure we can travel down our nation’s roads in a safe manner. Ignoring these speed limits can have serious affects on our driving. One example of how ignoring speed limits can affect your driving is it increases your stopping distance, meaning having an accident when travelling at 40mph in a 30 zone could be the difference between the accident being fatal or just causing injury.
The faster a vehicle is travelling the more force will be experienced by the human body if a collision occurs, putting everyone involved in the accident at a much higher risk of serious injury such as head and neck trauma or even spinal cord damage.
If you are unfortunate enough to become the victim of a road traffic accident due to another vehicle speeding then you could be entitled to make a claim for compensation, which is where we can help.
As personal injury experts we have the experience and skills to gain you the compensation that is rightfully yours after an accident that has left you with personal injury.
If you have been injured in the last three years due to an accident that was caused through no fault of your own then you could be entitled to make a claim for compensation.
For more information or to get your claim for compensation under way contact us today and we will help you in anyway that we can with making your claim for compensation.
