Published 1 year ago

Reducing speed limits to 20mph has little impact on road safety, new report finds

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Restricting speed limits to 20 miles per hour (mph) in town and city centers doesn't seem to reduce road traffic collisions, casualties, or driver speed, finds a 3-year study of its rollout in one major capital city, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

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The Independent

20mph speed limits have little impact on road safety – study

Researchers analysed data from before and after the limit was introduced on 76 roads in central Belfast in 2016.

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Metro News

Research shows reducing the speed limit to 20mph on urban roads ‘has little safe

Research has found cutting speed limits on urban roads to 20mph does not significantly improve safety (Picture: PA Wire)Speed limits of 20mph on urban roads do not significantly improve safety, according to researchers.Reducing the maximum from 30mph or 40mph resulted in ‘no statistically significant differences’ in the number of crashes, casualty rates or average traffic speed, a study in Northern Ireland found.Roads with a 20mph limit did enjo…

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Shropshire Star

20mph speed limits have little impact on road safety – study

Researchers analysed data from before and after the limit was introduced on 76 roads in central Belfast in 2016.

1 year ago·Ketley, United Kingdom

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Evening Standard

20mph speed limits have little impact on road safety – study

Researchers analysed data from before and after the limit was introduced on 76 roads in central Belfast in 2016.

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Wales Online

20mph speed limits have 'little impact on road deaths or crashes'

Areas with a default limit of 30mph will see this lowered to 20mph in September 2023

1 year ago

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Sky News UK

Reducing speed limits to 20mph has little impact on road safety, new report finds

Research from Queen's University Belfast and the University of Edinburgh found that cutting speed limits on urban roads to 20mph does not significantly improve safety.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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