Traffic Safety Focus
Speed
Facts to Know:
Driving a few km/h over the posted speed limit:
Office of Traffic Safety
Government of Alberta
511.alberta.ca @511Alberta
- Nearly one in four fatal collisions involved one or more drivers travelling at a speed too great for the given conditions
- Speeding doesn’t always kill. Brain injuries are a common injury that results from speed-related collisions
- Speeding can cause long-term consequences that affect both you and your family
- Speeding reduces the effectiveness of seat belts and other safety devices such as air bags and side impact beams
- Demerits for speeding range from two points (exceeding the posted limit by less than 15 km/h) to six points (exceeding the posted limit by more than 50 km/h)
- Over a five year period, 451 people were killed and 11,753 were injured in collisions involving unsafe speed (2010-2014)
- In the past 10 years, there were an average 1,274 convictions each year for speeding more than 50 km/h over the speed limit
Driving a few km/h over the posted speed limit:
- Decreases your field of vision and your peripheral vision
- Extends the distance required to stop your vehicle
- Increases the chances that you will lose control of your vehicle
- Increases the chance of death or injury if there is a crash
Office of Traffic Safety
Government of Alberta
511.alberta.ca @511Alberta
For more information or tools about traffic safety, please visit the following sites:
- Saferoads
- Alberta Transportation
- Collision Statistics
- 511.alberta.ca for up–to-date road information including traffic delays and construction.
