Tiger Woods 'was going 83MPH in a 45mph zone when he crashed' with speed the 'sole cause' of his near-fatal accident Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is set to reveal that excessive speed caused Tiger Woods to crash his SUV on February 23 It comes just a week after Villanueva said they would not release details of cause He claimed that his deputies needed permission from Woods to reveal findings But now findings are set to reveal Woods was speeding when he lost control of his SUV and that caused the crash Woods suffered serious injuries in the February 23 crash when he struck a raised median at around 7am in Rolling Hills Estates, just outside of Los Angeles