Facts About Speed-Related Crashes in Michigan:
Speeding greatly reduces the driver’s ability to slow a vehicle when necessary or to steer safely around an unexpected curve, another vehicle, or an object in the roadway.
In 2008 in Michigan, there were 232 speed-related fatalities.
In Michigan, 57 percent of all speed-related traffic fatalities occur on roads where the posted speed limits were 55 miles per hour or under.
In bad weather (heavy rain, snow, icy roads, or heavy fog) motorists may need to reduce speeds to below the posted speed limit to safely travel the roadway.
Excessive speed was a factor in 20 percent of all fatal crashes on dry roads, and in 18 percent of those occurring on wet roads.
Speed was a factor in 43 percent of the fatal crashes when there was snow or slush on the road, and in 84 percent of the fatal crashes that occurred on icy roads.
Conducting Speed Enforcement? The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning has colorful, full size banners (see above) available at no charge for law enforcement agencies in Michigan. We also have Speed Tips and a news release to let the media (and of course the general public) know about your enforcement efforts.
Give us a call at 906-225-7036 for more information.
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