<P> The World Health Organisation published a report in 2004 highlighting that a total of 22% of all' injury mortality' worldwide were from road traffic injuries in 2002 and that the speed of vehicles was' at the core of the problem Road incidents are said to be the leading cause of deaths among children 10--19 years of age (260,000 children die a year, 10 million are injured). </P> <P> In 2008 14% of collisions reported to the police had a speed related contributory factor (either "exceeding the speed limit" or "travelling too fast for conditions") reported rising to 24% for fatal accidents and 25% of all road deaths . "Exceeding the speed limit" was reported as a contributory factor in 5% of collisions and 14% of fatal collisions . "Travelling too fast for conditions" (but within the prevailing speed limit) was recorded as one of the contributory factors in a further 8% of all collisions (and 9% of all fatal, 9% of all serious and 8% of all slight accidents), </P> <P> The UK government publishes Reported Road Casualties Great Britain (RRCGB) each year, based on road traffic casualties data (STATS19) reported to the police, which has been collected since 1949, and with additional data going back to 1926 . The highest number of road fatalities recorded in a single year in GB was 9,196 in 1941 . The highest number of fatalities during peacetime was 7,985 for 1966, following the introduction of the national 70 mph speed limit in 1965 and the year before the legal drink drive limit and the associated Breathalyzer laws were introduced . </P> <P> The 2009 edition also summarised the characteristics of speed related fatal collisions as typically occurring on unclassified rural 60 mph speed limit roads, the driver being a male under the age of 30, with the collision types being head - on, lost control or cornering and the cause being loss of control whilst cornering or overtaking and the contributory factors being excess or inappropriate speed, loss of control, aggressive, careless or reckless behaviour or in a hurry . </P>

When did the 70 mph limit come in