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UKmotorists
guide to safer driving... |
The
faster we travel the more distance it will take to react and then
stop the vehicle. Looking at the table below we can see the stopping
distances required for each speed. Driving on a motorway at 65mph
will require a stopping distance of 345 feet. This means that if
you are closer than 345 feet and the car comes to a dead stop then
you will hit it. Since it in unusual for a car to be capablke of
coming to a dead stop at 65 mph there is room for some lee-way.
Hence the 2 second rule. This is the distance than you will travel
while braking at each speed for 2 seconds. This is a good guide
to the distance you should keep from the car in front of you if
you want to avoid an accident.
| Vehicle
Speed |
Approximate
Feet Vehicle will Travel in 1 Second |
2
Second Rule Distance |
Braking
distance ft. |
Reaction
distance ft. |
Total
stopping distance ft. |
25
m.p.h.
|
37
ft |
74
ft. apart
|
30 |
55 |
85 |
35
m.p.h.
|
52
ft |
104
ft. apart
|
59 |
77 |
136
|
| 45
m.p.h. |
66 ft |
132
ft. apart
|
97
|
99
|
196
|
| 55
m.p.h. |
81
ft |
162
ft. apart
|
144
|
121
|
265
|
| 65
m.p.h |
96
ft |
194
ft. apart
|
202
|
143
|
345
|
| 75
m.p.h |
110
ft |
222
ft apart
|
268 |
165 |
433
|
| 85
m.p.h |
125
ft |
252
ft apart
|
345
|
187
|
532
|
Safer driving is something which we should all aspire to. Over 300,000
people will be involved in a traffic accident every year. The table
below shows the national statistics for the United Kingdom between
1994 and 1998. If we are to attempt to lower these figures we must
all endeavour to become better drivers.Click on one of the menu
items above for more information about each driving condition
| 10.17
Road casualties:1 by age and type of road user,
2002 |
| |
|
Percentage
change
over
1994-1998 |
| |
Percentage
of all road casualties |
|
| |
| |
Who
were aged2 |
Type
of road user |
All
road |
| |
casualties |
| |
60
or |
Pedes- |
Pedal |
Motor |
Car |
Other |
(=100%) |
| |
0
to 15 |
16
to 59 |
over |
trians |
cyclists |
cyclists |
occupants3 |
road
users |
(numbers) |
average4 |
| |
| United
Kingdom |
12.8 |
77.2 |
10.0 |
12.2 |
3.8 |
6.5 |
69.7 |
8.0 |
314,519 |
-5.4 |
| |
| |
North
East |
13.8 |
76.3 |
10.0 |
14.0 |
4.9 |
5.5 |
67.2 |
8.4 |
11,706 |
-3.0 |
| |
North
West |
13.6 |
79.8 |
9.6 |
13.5 |
5.3 |
6.4 |
67.9 |
6.9 |
39,995 |
-11.5 |
| |
Yorkshire
and the Humber |
12.9 |
77.2 |
9.9 |
12.4 |
5.6 |
7.8 |
66.8 |
7.4 |
29,053 |
-0.9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
East
Midlands |
11.8 |
78.9 |
9.4 |
10.5 |
5.3 |
9.5 |
67.8 |
6.9 |
22,515 |
-2.6 |
| |
West
Midlands |
12.6 |
77.9 |
9.4 |
13.0 |
4.7 |
7.1 |
68.5 |
6.7 |
28,044 |
-1.9 |
| |
| |
East |
10.1 |
79.9 |
9.9 |
9.9 |
6.2 |
9.3 |
69.8 |
5.7 |
29,158 |
-3.4 |
| |
London |
9.0 |
76.5 |
8.2 |
18.0 |
7.4 |
17.0 |
49.3 |
8.3 |
41,508 |
-9.4 |
| |
South
East |
9.6 |
75.7 |
10.2 |
10.2 |
6.1 |
10.4 |
67.1 |
6.2 |
42,194 |
-6.1 |
| |
South
West |
11.0 |
77.6 |
11.4 |
11.2 |
6.1 |
10.4 |
67.4 |
5.0 |
24,847 |
3.1 |
| |
| |
England |
11.5 |
78.6 |
9.9 |
12.6 |
5.9 |
9.8 |
65.0 |
6.8 |
269,020 |
-4.9 |
| |
Wales |
12.9 |
76.5 |
10.6 |
11.5 |
3.5 |
5.9 |
72.7 |
6.5 |
14,336 |
-3.5 |
| |
Scotland |
14.3 |
74.2 |
11.6 |
17.2 |
4.3 |
6.0 |
63.3 |
9.2 |
19,249 |
-13.7 |
| |
Northern
Ireland |
12.5 |
79.3 |
8.1 |
7.6 |
1.4 |
4.2 |
77.4 |
9.4 |
11,914 |
4.7 |
| |
| 1
Casualties in accidents occurring on a public highway in which
a road vehicle is involved. See Notes and Definitions. |
| 2
Excludes age not reported. |
| 3
Includes occupants of taxis and minibuses. |
| 4
Used as a basis for the government targets for reducing road
casualties in Great Britain by 40 per cent by the year 2010. |
| Source:
Department for Transport; The Police Service of Northern Ireland |
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