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Once again, speed is not the only or even primary factor in accidents.
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Stop moving the goal posts. You asked if lower speeds were inherently safer. I pointed out stopping distances were remarkably shorter at lower speeds.
Maybe you think you can handle 100mph on a city street, but when something you don't expect happens the guy going 30mph is going to have more time to react, and need less distance to stop, than you. That is a cold, hard fact, inherent in speed and governed by the rules of the universe you find yourself sharing with me.
You can argue that speed differential caused by people violating the law makes driving less safe, but that is why the cops enforce the laws, it isn't a justification in and of itself that 'faster is safer'.
If cars were governed at 5mph, do you think there would be
37,000+ fatalities?
So yes, slower is safer, and we establish speed limits to try and maintain a balance between safety and convenience.
Why don't you ask a cop how many of the fatalities they see on the road involve going too fast vs. going too slow?