What is even more concerning, we have evidence[0] that raising the speedlimit results in more fatalities, irrespectable of the 85th percentile. In Denmark we r

What is even more concerning, we have evidence[0] that raising the speedlimit results in more fatalities, irrespectable of the 85th percentile. In Denmark we raised the highway limit from 110kmh to 130kmh on half of all highway. In the 2 years before and the 2 years after (ignoring the initial 2 months) the number of accidents and injuries on all roads fell roughly -15%. But on the highways with the new limit, it increased with 14%, and the average speed barely changed. The parts of the road where the 110kmh limit is saw significantly less accidents as well, probably because the average speed here decreased. But the conclusion is fairly straight forward. The average speed barely increased, but the number of accidents rose significantly. [0] http://www.vejdirektoratet.dk/DA/viden_og_data/publikationer/Lists/Publikationer/Attachments/93/130km_paa_motorveje_rap337.pdf http://www.vejdirektoratet.dk/DA/viden_og_data/publikationer...