The Road Safety Hour: Speed and it's Management
29 April 2025 Webinar
Join this ScORSA webinar as they look at how can businesses contribute to a reduction in the number of people killed an seriously injured on our roads.
Speed is very regularly cited as one of the most common collision causation factors and is related to both collision occurrence and severity. Inappropriate or excessive speed is a major cause of death and injury on roads and there is also overwhelming evidence that the frequency of accidents rises disproportionately with speed.
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