Public transport rarely stops outside your home or final destination. The first and last mile walking or cycling is so much more pleasant, quieter and safer with a default urban/village 20mph limit. #20splenty for less noise, cheaper insurance premiums and 25% fewer people killed or injured.

If you are responsible for managing/influencing speed limits set in your urban/village spaces then keeping 30mph as a norm creates harm that way exceeds any benefits. Implementing 20mph as a default or norm consistently lowers casualties by 20-30%. #20splenty to make your place a better place to be

Setting the urban/village speed limit at 20mph/30kmh will upset some drivers. But success isn't measured by whether drivers "raise their right hand" but by "drivers raising their right foot". And all the evidence shows that they do and community-wide 20mph/30kmh defaults reduce casualties by some 2

It was no surprise that the award winning Welsh 20mph default urban/village limit was heavily featured in the RSGB national conference today. A 25% reduction in casualties, £45 reduction in insurance all make it a great example of how 20mph limits make better places to be.

At today's Road Safety GB National Road Safety Conf #20splenty will be presenting on how "Setting 20mph as an urban/village norm has the power to deliver one of the quickest wins for the UK and in particular England and Northern Ireland".

Public transport rarely stops outside your home or final destination. The First and Last mile is so much more convenient, pleasant, quieter and safer with a 20mph/30kmh limit. Having such a default limit for urban/village areas makes so much sense to make going by bus or train a better option.

Yes, it's scary for children on our roads. But putting a 20mph limit outside a school does NOT fix the problem. Children need a friendly, safer 20mph limit on their whole route from home to school. It's why 20's Plenty should be community wide. bit.ly/4o4jwdA

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝗺𝗽𝗵 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘆! It’s Halloween and children and parents say fast traffic is what scares them! Road death is the number one killer of our children so reduce the danger with slower speeds. bit.ly/43585tH

Good to see Kate Carpenter, Director of Operational Road Safety at Jacobs, on why lower speeds and smoother throughput result in less fuel use and improved safety. bit.ly/4qNaiUW

🎯 “The 20 mph speed limits have fostered a greater sense of equity amongst different road users and have largely been accepted as the ‘new norm’. Yet, 20mph probably remains insufficient on its own in addressing the externalities of motorised traffic among those outside of vehicles”

New report analyses post implementation public support for 20mph limits in Scottish Borders Council. Not a "silver bullet", but majority of interviewees did not wish to see a return to 30mph speed limits. bit.ly/4o6W3bE

Since setting the Welsh 20mph default in Sep 23: In Caerphilly 61.3% of votes went to parties supporting the 20mph default. Every politician campaigning against 20mph in MS, MP or PCC elections in Wales has lost. Over 1,000 fewer people have been injured/killed on Welsh urban/village roads

If you want to see the democratic route to the implementation of the international award winning default 20mph limit in Wales including including how the call for a national default was supported by all parties, it is all explained here.

School gate risk - While having 20mph outside a school is laudable, that immediate area accounts for just 1 in 5 casualties. Children need protection of 20mph on the whole of their journey to and from school, whether they are walking, wheeling or cycling. bit.ly/4o4jwdA

Did you know that police can delegate speed enforcement to local authorities, so freeing up police resources and delivering community benefits from wider enforcement and greater compliance. bit.ly/4qhByKX

In 2008 the House of Commons Transport Committe recommended far wider use of 20mph limits with PACTS recommending a 20mph national default. Had UK Gov done that in 2008, then Welsh evidence (-25%) shows it would have saved over 300,000 casualties on UK roads since then.

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

The adoption of a 20mph/30kmh general limit for urban/village roads will go down in history as one of the most effective road safety initiatives ever with a 25% reduction in casualties. Those opposing it are promoting the imposition of avoidable road trauma and death.

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

Speed was a factor in over 60% of collisions in Enfield in last 5 yrs. Great to see Enfield Council introducing new 20mph zones in Edmonton, Palmers Green & Southgate. Crashes fall approx 40% after 20mph zones are introduced. This will save lives! letstalk.enfield.gov.uk/20mph

Reducing speed limits to 20mph protects cyclists and doesn’t delay traffic, new research finds bit.ly/46YgtO5

So you are starting a family and settling down. Would you move to an area with 20mph limits that gave your children safer streets, lower noise and opportunities to walk or cycle to school, or demand that you drive at speeds that are not survivable for vulnerable road users.

With 20mph/30kmh now recognised internationally as the right speed limit for urban/village roads shared by all users, how much culpability for death and injury rests with those politicians and police forces unwilling to support or enforce such limits?

Yet another #20splenty benefit. 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

My car insurance is 18% lower this year Nothing has changed except the effect of the 20mph speed limit in Wales: fewer accidents, less cost, fewer injuries and lives lost And practically speaking it doesn't cause noticeably slower journeys A good policy

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.

Well done to all the brilliant local councillors who have lowered the speed limits their roads to 20mph - often in the face of much hostility. There is now irrefutable evidence to show your bold decisions are saving lives. Thank you!

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

It's good to see 20mph being the norm across the whole city. Yet another place that is saying #20splenty where people are.

Shouldn't all new estates and housing areas be planned with a 20mph default limit?

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.

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

Failing to adopt a national approach to 20mph as an urban/village norm in England increased 2024 casualties by 15,000 and insurance costs by £2bn. Read our latest press release in anticipation of the release of the DfT 2024 road casualty stats. bit.ly/4gIBPlJ

Live in England? Would you prefer £50 in your pocket rather than given to your insurance company for the increased risk when urban/village roads are kept at 30mph. Find out how Wales has reduced casualties by 25% and drivers and businesses are getting a 20mph bonus. bit.ly/4ppl030

Wales introduced a national 20mph default urban/village speed limit and casualties dropped by 25%. Scotland is setting most urban/village roads to 20mph. If you live in England and have a 30mph limit as an urban/village norm your casualties are 33% higher than they need to be. #20splenty

Good to see Aberdeen rolling out a city-wide 20mph limit as a norm. ScotGov's assessment criteria give a clear lead on how 20mph makes Scottish places better places to be. Wales and Scotland have national 20mph delivery policies whilst England dithers.