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New 20mph limits: do they save lives, or are they just adding time to essential journeys?

Published 18 September 2023
By Matt Robinson
Wales has shifted to new 20mph limits in the vast majority of its urban areas. Will this save lives?
20mph speed limit to be enforced in London's Congestion Charge Zone by 2020

20mph limit in London Congestion Zone by 2020

A 20mph speed limit will soon be enforced in central London, as part of plans to heavily reduce the amount of road deaths in the city.
Published 24 July 2018
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20mph speed limits spread across Britain

Speed limits are being drastically cut on thousands of roads, urban and rural, often without consultation or even evidence that lives will be saved
Published 07 April 2015
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News: Tractors race to new 25mph limit

Dawdling rural motorists may have to pull over for tractors rather than the other way around from next March when the speed limit for agricultural...
Published 03 November 2014
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News: 70mph motorway speed cameras rolled out

Drivers exceed the 70mph limit on stretches of motorway are being routinely targeted by speed cameras for the first time...
Published 18 August 2014
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News: Government raises speed limit on rural roads...

Drivers are be less likely to find themselves stuck behind dawdling lorries after the government announced that it would increase the speed limit...
Published 24 July 2014