Welsh roads picking up speed again09/10/2025 Anglesey County Council has agreed plans to reinstate the 30mph speed limit on 22 roads, reverting them from the current 20mph restrictions. |
Research shows benefits of 20mph with 'physical measures'05/06/2025 Fresh research from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) shows that 20mph speed limits supported by physical measures help reduce traffic collisions and casualties. |
Wales road safety stats: 20mph 'a beacon for the rest of the UK'31/01/2025 The latest police statistics, covering the third quarter of 2024, show collisions and casualties on Welsh roads are at their lowest level for the summer quarter since records began, including during the pandemic. |
Scotland announces local safety cash with £4m for 20mph limits04/11/2024 The Scottish Government has committed £14m this financial year to Scotland’s 32 councils to enhance road safety, with £4m dedicated to the rollout of 20mph limits. |
Welsh Govt backing 20mph after new guidance16/07/2024 The Welsh Government has published guidance on which roads local authorities might be exempt from the national 20mph limit on restricted roads. |
Wales casualty data 'a step in the right direction'06/06/2024 The Welsh Government transport minister has hailed road casualty data since a default 20mph residential speed limit was introduced last September as showing that ‘things are moving in the right direction’. |
Skates 'prepares the ground' for revised guidance on 20mph24/04/2024 Motoring organisations and campaign groups have welcomed the Welsh Government’s plans to review the operation of its controversial 20mph default speed limit. |
Wales set to row back on default 20mph limits22/04/2024 Welsh government ministers are set to amend their controversial policy of default 20mph limits in an effort to compromise with critics. |
Wales begins 20mph enforcement09/01/2024 Police in Wales have started to enforce new 20mph speed limits across the devolved nation. |
Wales completes historic shift to 20mph18/09/2023 Wales has become the first country in the UK to reduce speed limits in built-up areas from 30mph to 20mph by default - a move expected to save around 10 lives a year in the devolved nation. |
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Bath widens 20mph limits to cut vehicle dominance15/10/2020 Bath and North East Somerset Council is set to extend 20mph limits to some of the main routes in and out of Bath for the first time. |
Edinburgh looks to expand 20mph limits08/10/2019 Edinburgh Council could add more roads to the city’s 20mph network although the scheme has had only a limited impact on traffic speeds. |
Scotland's 20mph roll-out suffers blow31/05/2019 A national roll-out of 20mph speed limits in Scotland has suffered a blow after a key committee refused to recommend the bill. |
Edinburgh aims for 'less cars and better public transport'03/04/2018 Edinburgh City Council is considering plans to ban cars from certain parts of the city in a shift towards ‘less private cars and better public transport’ the leader said. |
Isle of Wight set for 20mph limits03/11/2016 Isle of Wight Council has voted for 20mph limits to be introduced in built up areas across the Island. |
20mph speed limit to go live in Edinburgh29/07/2016 A 20mph speed limit is being imposed on the majority of streets in Edinburgh from Sunday (31 July). |
Campaign group calls for 20mph limit in Scotland08/06/2016 Road safety group 20’s Plenty for Us has called on the Scottish government to change the national speed limit from 30mph to 20mph on urban roads. |
20mph limits are coming to Cardiff14/03/2016 The City of Cardiff Council will be introducing a 20mph speed limit on a number of the city’s roads. |
Part-time 20mph speed limits for Welsh schools10/09/2015 Transport Minister Edwina Hart has announced a £4.5m three-year programme to improve safety at more than 40 schools on trunk roads throughout Wales. |
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