"We have not yet received the Police report on the crash and until we do we are not in a position to comment on the contributing factors.
"The crash has not changed our opinion that the speed limit should be reduced on this road."
The council is currently going through a public consultation process on 17 proposed speed changes to the city's streets.
Napier City Council's Team Leader Transportation, Robin Malley, said the aim was to make Napier's streets as safe as possible.
Other proposed changes include reducing Marine Parade between Vautier St and Coote Rd to 30km/h (down from 50km/h), and removing the 40km/h courtesy zone.
School zones would also be reduced to 30km/h, with the aim of making schoolchildren safer.
These zones would be on roads which experience the most school traffic, and would only be during school terms at drop off and pick up times, totalling about an hour each day.
School zone speed limits would be sign posted.
While most of the recommendations were reductions to the speed limits, the Council was recommending that Meeanee Rd's limit be increased from 70km/h to 80km/h to create consistency in the area.
"We're concerned enough about these particular roads, or sections of road, to want to change the limits, and we need to know if the community agrees," Malley said.
This is the first, informal stage of public consultation on the project.
People can either submit an online survey through the Napier City Council website, or in person at the Napier City Council Customer Service Centre, or Napier or Taradale libraries.
Submissions close on August 30.
So far almost 1500 people have responded to the survey.