In announcing the UKGov's Road Safety Strategy the English guidance on setting local speed becomes obsolete to be replaced with one based on a Safe System approach. This already exists as the Scottish criteria for 20mph as an urban/village norm as follows. See www.20splenty.org/guidance_2026

It's good to see that the Welsh media are recognising that all the evidence shows that 20mph limits have significantly reduced death and injury on urban/village roads.

Its good to see this interview with Jon Burke on TalkTV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ljs...

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

Can councils afford the waste from maintaining 30mph limits where people mix with motors? The data tells us that keeping 30mph maintains casualties 33% higher than if they were changed to 20mph. It also keeps insurance premiums higher, suppresses active travel and wastes A&E resources. #20splenty

The evidence from the 2 years since Wales set a 20mph default for urban/village roads is clear:- 1,270 fewer casualties 134 fewer of them being fatal or serious £45 pa lower insurance premiums than without 20 These are big wins for communities, NHS, emergency services and economy. 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀

Its good to see roads in Bishop's Stortford being set to 20mph as Hertfordshire Council embraces wide-area 20mph limits to deliver better, safer, friendlier and healthier community streets.

Happy Valentine's Day to all the people who are making their communities better places for loved ones to walk, cycle, live, learn, work, shop and drive by setting 20mph limits.

Plans being developed by Hertfordshire County Council suggest that more than half of the county’s urban roads could be operating under 20mph speed limits within the next two years.

It's good to see that speed limits are being cut on 34 Stoke-on-Trent streets - from Monday. Stoke-on-Trent City Council is bringing in a 20mph zone across most Penkhull streets.

This afternoon 5/2/26, MPs are debating Road Safety. Wales won a 25% reduction in casualties from its national 20mph limit, so please forward this to your MP for discussion. Transport professionals say why it needs a national policy in England, just like Wales or Scotland. See how in the comments.

As more towns say #20splenty, it's time the UK Gov ended the postcode lottery on 20mph limits and dumped the national 30mph limit. Its been rejected by most local authorities. Hear what these transportation professionals are saying about setting 20mph nationally or locally. vimeo.com/1160185854?f...

Its good to see more of the busy roads controlled by TfL being set at 20mph in London. These are where the greatest motor/people interactions take place and have the biggest potential to lower speeds and casualties for drivers and people outside of cars. haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/lowering-spe...

Whilst accepting that the Road Safety Strategy is a marathon rather than a sprint, Wales and Scotland are already a sixth of the way towards meeting the 65% reduction in KSIs with their national 20mph policies, Northern Ireland will make progress with its newly announced GDL policy. England?

See first comment: why the previous “Setting Local Speed Limits” guidance is no longer relevant or fit for purpose, and how English highway authorities could adopt the Safe System approach to urban/village speed limits.

106 people will be killed on Birmingham's roads next council term. Along with 15 organisations, we're calling for Birmingham's future leaders to adopt 10 practical steps to prevent these deaths and many more serious injuries. Who will make Birmingham's roads safer?

Yet another report calls for a national urban/village default speed limit of 20mph. This time its from the Faculty of Public Health, Transport and Health Science Group and the Royal Society for Public Health. See action No. 5 www.fph.org.uk/media/tr2bnu...

It's great to see this reference to the success of 20mph limits on page 26 of the TfL 2026 Business Plan.

Welsh Government has just released road casualty stats for the Jul-Sep 2025 qtr. For urban/village 20/30mph casualties are 33% lower (420) than the same qtr in 2023 (627) before the default 20mph limit was set. More evidence that default 20mph is a life-enhancing and life-saving initiative.

It's excellent to see more 20mph limits coming to Liverpool City Region. 18 areas set for new 20mph limits after 'speeding issues' in Merseyside town.

UK Gov could reduce killed and serious injuries on UK roads by 30,000 over the next decade. It just needs to facilitate the same initiative that already exists in one half of the UK for the other half. And its a key component of the Road Safety Strategy it has just announced.

Councillors Vote Yes to Implementation of New 20mph Speed Limits in Penrith and some Local Villages penrith.town/news/council...

It's good to see Orkney rolling out its 20mph limits. Another Scottish council saying #20splenty www.orkney.gov.uk/latest-news/...

It's good to see 20mph limits being rolled out in Dorset.

The UK Gov Road Safety Strategy looks to reduce fatal and serious injuries by 65% by 2035. See how 30,000 of these equating to a sixth of the target, could come from a simple initiative that can be implemented by local authorities immediately. www.20splenty.org/guidance_2026

Good article on benefits of a 20mph limit in Derby www.pressreader.com/uk/derby-tel...

I am looking forward to being on BBC Radio Cumbria at 7:50 today to talk about 20mph limits as Westmorland and Furness Council set 20mph limits for Barrow.

Morning drivers, as you head to work this week, please use your speed limiter. It improves your safety and has a calming effect on surrounding traffic, reducing the impact of the irresponsible. In UK, over 15 people a week die in speed-related crashes. Guidance attached: youtube.com/shorts/NwmD4...

What was distinctive about 2025 for 20’s Plenty for Us was how the narrative developed from whether to introduce 20mph limits as an urban/village norm into how they should be implemented.

20's Plenty and it could deliver 20% of the UK Gov's 10-year target of a 65% reduction in casualties in just 20 months.

With a target of a 65% reduction in casualties and a Safe System approach the Road Safety Strategy marks the beginning of the end for the 30mph national urban limit. It's been rejected in all Wales/Scotland and 55% of English authorities. It is no longer credible. www.20splenty.org/road_safety_...

The new UK Road Safety Strategy with its target of a 65% reduction in casualties and mandating of a Safe System approach, marks the beginning of the end for the national 30mph speed limit. It's no longer credible when its been rejected by all Welsh and Scottish and 55% of English authorities.

The new Road Safety Strategy looks to reduce casualties by 65% by 2035. Wales reduced casualties on built-up roads by a huge 25% by implementing a default 20mph urban/village limit winning international road safety awards. Well done Wales for its leadership. www.20splenty.org/2026_for20sp...

We have reviewed the huge progress 20's Plenty have made in 2025 in this blog which looks at how 20mph limits are moving forwards as the accepted best practice for urban/village roads. And with the UK Gov Road Safety Strategy adopting a Safe System approach we expect even more adoption in 2026.

What was distinctive about 2025 for 20’s Plenty for Us was how the narrative developed from whether to introduce 20mph limits as an urban/village norm into how they should be implemented.

Glasgow is set to begin introducing a citywide 20mph speed limit on residential streets, with the rollout scheduled to start in early 2026. The SNP-led city council has confirmed the changes will apply to almost 3,700 roads across the city.

Good to see the roll-out of 20mph limits as a default in Glasgow.

All the evidence is clear, that lower speeds that protect road users are a key element in any Safe System approach to road safety. And any Road Safety Strategy cannot ignore the requirement for 20mph or 30km/h as an urban/village norm or default. We forward to increasing 20mph adoption in 2026.

A New Year resolution for any transport authority should be Resolution 11 of the Stockholm Declaration on Road Safety. Any Road Safety Strategy with 30mph as an urban/village norm will grossly underperform in protecting against death/injury compared to 20mph. www.20splenty.org/wales_casual...

On 28th Nov 2025 Lillian Greenwood said in Parliament that she intends to publish the new Road Safety Strategy "this year". Rather like Vision Zero as an "aspiration", "intentions" don't save lives. We look forward to it's publication. Meanwhile 5 a day die on UK roads. #timefor20

Whether you look at the Welsh Nation, Scottish or English towns, cities and villages or in continental Europe, 20mph/30km/h limits reduce casualties, noise, stress and create healthier streets. Its time to set it as an urban/village default and only increase where evidentially justified.

The results from Wales and elsewhere show a 25% reduction in casualties. So if you keep a 30mph limit on urban/village roads where pedestrians and cyclists mix with motors you are imposing 1/3 more casualties on your community. It's why Transport Professionals are saying #20splenty

Thanks to Kate Carpenter for presenting in our latest webinar on how the evidence now all stacks up in support of 20mph as an urban/village speed limit. Kate is Director of Operational Road Safety at Jacobs and Vice President of CIHT vimeo.com/1145669136#t...

The objectives of a default 20mph were explained very well by this Welsh Assembly Member in 2018. And its great to see that since implementing 20mph as the default for urban, built-up areas there have been over 1,000 fewer casualties on those roads.

Good to see NYC implementing wide-area 20mph limits. pix11-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/pix11.co...

The latest IAM RoadSmart survey finds that more drivers support (42%) a "20mph speed limit like Wales" than oppose (39%) one. England needs to align with Wales and Scotland by setting 20mph as an urban/village norm. See page 95 of their report at www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/iam-roads...

This Christmas millions of children will get presents they can wheel, scoot or ride to school and around their community. It is an inescapable fact that 30mph motor speeds on community roads will kill and maim some of them. UK Gov should give children the gift they need - a national default 20

Does your police not enforce 20mph? Then show them how others are protecting the most vulnerable road users by enforcing the 20mph limits set to protect them. See how Avon & Somerset Police enforce 20mph limits across Bristol. www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/request/spee...

Will today, 14th Dec 2025, be the last day of a UK Gov 15-year era when it has had no English Road Safety Strategy. Whilst other UK nations have moved forward with their own RSS and the acceptance of 20mph as a transformational norm for communities, England is still locked in a postcode lottery.

For children walking or cycling to school, "outside the school" is the least dangerous part of their journey. Children need 20mph limit protection on the whole of their home to school route. 20mph "just outside schools" contemptuously disregards duty of care on child mobility