20's Plenty for Us welcomes the article appearing in today's Sunday Times (27th June 2010) regarding ministers proposing a 20 mph speed limit on urban roads.

The announcement brings the government in line with local government opinion which is increasingly looking towards 20mph  becoming the correct speed for residential and urban streets unless otherwise decided that a higher limit is justified.

Already nearly 3m residents live in towns which are adopting or have adopted this policy. Most importantly, through democratic debate those communities have decided that "20's Plenty Where People Live". And it is those same communities who have then changed their behaviour to drive slower in residential street and  people.

For more information then use the link to our Information for Local Authorities below, see our press release in response or contact us directly.

20's Plenty For Us was formed in order to campaign for the implementation of 20 mph as the default speed limit on residential roads in the UK.

Research has shown that the vast majority of the public would like 20 mph on residential roads. 2006 changes in Dept for Transport guidelines have relaxed the recommendations and in many residential areas 20 mph limits may be set without any physical measures at all.

Portsmouth have taken the initiative and implemented a default 20 mph speed limit throughout their town in all except main arterial routes. This has been followed by communities and local authorities across the country who now have a "Total 20" policy whereby all residential roads are or will be set to a 20 mph limit. See the panel at top right.

This site aims to provide the arguments for 20's Plenty in a coherent understood form with links to other material that shows how 20's Plenty saves lives and makes very little difference to actual journey times.

In December 2009 the dept for Transport issued revised guidance recommending 20 mph limits for all roads which are primarily residential in nature and into town and city streets where pedestrian and cyclist movements are high, such as around schools, shops, markets, playgrounds and other area which are not part of any major through route.

20's Plenty for Us are involved with many more local authorities who are looking to set a 20 mph as the default speed limit for all residential roads.

New Dept for Transport Consultation Paper on 20 mph for residential streets.

This paper invites views from the public and road related organisations. It also changed the guidance to be used by local authorities in setting 20 mph speed limits.

20's Plenty For Us leaflet

Open the new 4 page PDF leaflet on the 20's Plenty campaign. It is also available as a 2-sided A4 PDF version which can be printed and folded into a leaflet. The RTF version can be opened in most word processors and can used for you to copy selected text.

See a range of appropriate reports from SWOV (Netherlands Institute for Road Safety Research)  and TRL (transport Research laboratory)

See the new page for local 20's Plenty For Us campaigns.

See the report on the visit by London assembly to Portsmouth 18/11/08

See the latest Transport Committee Report on Road Safety which recommends wider use of 20 mph speed limits.

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Pedestrian and Total UK Road casualties Since 2000 - DfT

Year	Pedestrians	Total	%age
2000	857	3409	25.1%
2001	826	3450	23.9%
2002	775	3431	22.6%
2003	774	3508	22.1%
2004	671	3221	20.8%
2005	671	3201	21.0%
2006	675	3172	21.3%
2007	646	2946	21.9%
2008	572	2538	22.5%
Total	6467	28876

This graph shows how road deaths in the UK are becoming increasingly skewed towards pedestrians.

Portsmouth

Oxford

Norwich

Leicester

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Islington (LB)

Hackney

Bristol*

Warrington*

Colchester

Wirral

Southwark (LB)

Limpley Stoke

TOTAL

*piloting

LB = London Borough

197,700

151,000

132,200

292,600

189,000

187,000

209,700

416,000

192,000

104,390

309,500

278,000

900

2,659,990