Determining safe speeds

Orgainsation: Road Safety Foundation

Date of Publication: May 2025

Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 10 June 2025

This report, compiled by the Road Safety Foundation working with experts in in-depth collision investigation research from Loughborough University, TRL, Autoliv and Lösningar, identifies the speeds that would be required to prevent most deaths and serious injuries.

These speeds are evidence-based, given the laws of physics and the fragility of the human body. The report does not make recommendations about speed limit setting; it simply reports this evidence base from in-depth collision investigation studies.

Access the report via the link below:

https://roadsafetyfoundation.org/determining-safe-speeds/