A council report said the drop in nitrogen dioxide was caused by numerous factors including more people working remotely since Covid, and the introduction of a 20mph speed limit.
Great to hear that the number of recorded injuries from collisions on Kingston's roads has reduced by around 18% as the borough has introduced a 20mph speed limit share.google/ExdQBkfYt1nk...
Is yours a "do nothing" council that refuses to accept the evidence that 30mph is the urban/village speed limit that kills and injures a third more people because it isn't setting 20mph as a default. It's time for England to "do what works" in road safety bit.ly/4gIBPlJ
In Wales, Cornwall, Edinburgh, London and so many places when most 30mph roads were changed to 20mph, people injured or killed by motor vehicles reduced by 20%+. With minimal change to journey times and £2bn saving in insurance costs it's a huge win. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ
A 2023 study in London indicated that CO2 emissions were 36% to 39% higher for petrol vehicles travelling at 30 mph than at 20 mph, and NOx emissions were 79% higher for diesel vehicles doing 30 vs 20mph futuretransport.info/urban-traffic-…
Councillors were told crashes in Falmouth and Penryn, where the scheme was piloted, had reduced by 17% while road casualties had dropped by 21%, which included an elimination of fatalities.
20mph as a norm is not just for city communities. Rural towns and villages want 20mph to make their places better places to be, and its good to see Westmoreland and Furness Council in North West England delivering them across the area. #20splenty where people are
I think you said "forward thinking" and "Westminster" in the same sentence. Hardly something that was possible between 2018 and 2023 when the policy was being developed.
Another report on "Introduction of speed limit 30 km/h in large zones and entire cities to achieve the goal of sustainable urban development Processes, discussions, implementation and effects". There is now a huge body of evidence showing that #20splenty where people are.
We have thought that often in the past. But such a change in units is and was not a devolved power . Personally I would prefer to use metres/sec unit globally. 10 metres every second more meaningfully describes the speed of a 22mph car when sharing space with people.
It would be great if we could take a whole country and change the default speed limit to 20mph and then compare it to one left at 30mph. What if it reduced casualties by 25% and with lower risk reduced insurance premiums by £45 a year? Well it did! bit.ly/4gIBPlJ
The Welsh 20mph default reduced casualties by 25% and insurance costs by £90m. If done in England expect reductions of 15,000 casualties pa and insurance by £2bn pa. Implementation cost would be approx £0.5bn. For comparison, 1st yr depreciation on new cars registered in England in 2024 was £78bn
Failing to adopt a national approach to 20mph as an urban/village norm in England increased 2024 casualties by 15,000 per annum and insurance costs by £2bn. Read our latest press release coinciding with the release of the DfT 2024 road casualty stats. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ
Live in England? Would you like a £50 reduction in your insurance. If England had followed Wales in 2023 with its national 20mph adoption it would have also saved 30,000 casualties over last 2 years and reduced insurance costs by £2bn for drivers bit.ly/4gIBPlJ
It's good to see that the 25% reduction in urban/village road casualties in Wales since introducing default 20mph is gaining recognition across Europe. Saving lives and reducing insurance premiums is a great outcome from this initiative.
If 2 years ago UKGov had set a 20mph urban/village default at the same time as Wales then since then there would have been 30,000 fewer injuries and fatalities on English roads and drivers/business would have saved £4bn in insurance premiums. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ
Welsh people and government at national and local level should be very proud of their record in reducing urban/village road injuries and fatalities by 25% in the last 2 years by implementing the national default 20mph limit. Well done Wales, saving life and lives. bit.ly/4ppl030
If only we could take two nations that have had a default 30mph (50kmh) urban/village speed limit for years, change one to 20mph (30kmh) and measure the casualty results. Well in UK we have done just that. The results are revealed in our report. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ
Using DfT data for GB road casualties up to 2024 we have tracked English and Welsh casualties on each nation's pool of urban/village 20/30mph roads. Note the divergence after Qtr 3 2023 when Wales set a national default 20mph limit with exceptions. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ
2024 GB Road Casualties Report shows that "speed" was the largest Road Safety Factor in fatal collisions at 59%. Another reason why we are calling for 20mph as an urban/village norm to save 15,000 casualties annually. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ
Government failure to adopt a supportive national approach to 20mph as an urban/village norm in England increased 2024 casualties by 15,000 and insurance costs by £2bn. Read our press release in anticipation of the release of the DfT 2024 road casualty stats. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ
