Opinion: How Curbing Driving Speeds Can Save Lives

Managing road travel speeds of the Asia and the Pacific Rim will save lives and avoid economically costly, often debilitating, injuries. Recent studies show that each 1% drop in average speed will deliver a 4% decrease in crash deaths and 3.5% fewer casualties.

This could help lower the staggering annual toll of 1.19 million lives lost to road traffic incidents worldwide. In Asia and the Pacific, more than 2,000 people lose their lives in road crashes every day and many more sustain serious life-changing injuries, according to Asian Development Bank estimates.