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by squidgyhead 650 days ago
Differences in speed matter, but so does absolute speed.

"Inappropriate speed is responsible for 20 to 30% of all fatal road crashes." from https://www.itf-oecd.org/speed-crash-risk

Also, due to kinetic energy increasing with speed, collisions are worse, in addition to being more likely.