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At the risk of bumping this infantile discussion, surely it stands to simple logic that if you drive too fast, you're less in control of your car. Speeding on any road where there are other cars or stationary objects is inherently dangerous because it is such an enormous factor in the outcome of an accident.
You're driving a half-ton block of metal, and your reaction times are proven to be reduced at higher speeds. Your stopping distance is also reduced at higher speeds. These things are contirbuting factors to fatal accidents. As I think others have tried to impress upon you, if you smash up a car at 30 and at 60, you see two totally different wrecks.
And barrelling along in a big piece of metal, you start to feel slightly invulnerable, like if you're going slow, a crash won't hurt much. Even a slow crash can pack a surprising amount of wallop. I crashed once at 35mph, which is a pretty normal speed for the UK, and my car was totalled. A real mess. I was left with a crack in my left tibia, a severely sprained wrist and whiplash. I dread to think what might have happened if I was going any faster. Not speeding there definitely saved me from worse injury, and could conceivably have saved my life.
Incidentally the crash wasn't my fault. That girl's insurance company paid off my student loan.
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