A researcher at UBC published these statistics on August 06, 2013. They show the number of annual fatalities on BC residential streets across all road user classes (including motorists, pedestrians & cyclists) and how they would decline if the speed limit was reduced to 40 or 30 km/h: On average in BC between 2005 & 2007, 69 people per year (all road user classes) were fatally injured in urban residential areas where the speed limit was 50 km/h. Data from the Motor Vehicle Branch for that period, show that the probability of an injury being fatal is strongly related to the speed limit. If the speed limit in urban residential areas were reduced from 50 to 30 km/h, the average annual number of fatalities would be reduced from 69 to 36, saving 33 lives per year in the province. If the speed limit in urban residential areas were only reduced from 50 to 40 km/h, the average annual number of fatalities would be reduced from 69 to 46, saving 23 lives per year in the province. Another 88 people per year were fatally injured in rural residential areas. The speed limit in those areas is not evident from the data but the research suggests that a reduction in the speed limit in rural residential areas would also save lives. Source: K. Teschke, School of Population & Public Health The University of British Columbia
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 15:38:19 +0000
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