Here are some useful reports for reference. Most of them recommend 20 mph
default speed limits in residential areas :-
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DfT Circular 01/2013 Setting Local Speed Limits |
View the report here View
the DfT webpage
here including links to the Speed Limit assessment Tool |
The latest guidance from DfT on Setting Local Speed Limits. |
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VTI - Environmental effects of 30 km/h in urban areas – with regard to
exhaust emissions and noise |
View the summary
here Download the full report (in Swedish)
here |
A report from the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute
that compares the emissions for signed only contiguous areas of 30km/h speed
limits with isolated calmed zones and concludes that the emissions are very
dependent upon driving patterns with un-calmed limits being more effective
in reducing emissions. |
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Perceptions and Realities:
a closer look at the risks which children and young people face in Britain
today and what we can do to reduce them |
A report from the
Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety |
This report concludes that the greatest risks to children are on the road
and looks at ways government and other agencies should work together to
reduce road danger. They specifically name 20mph streets as a
recommendation. |
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20's Plenty FAQ for Local Authorities |
20's Plenty for Us |
Information for Local Authorities regarding the implications of 20mph speed
limits/zones |
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Coping with peak Oil |
Report by Bristol City
Council |
The implications of Peak Oil for a city like BrisTol |
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20's Plenty Leaflet |
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Download our 4 page leaflet on 20's Plenty |
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Putting people at the centre: How to improve road safety in the 21st century |
Lecture by Fred Wegman
SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research, The Netherlands |
The 20th Westminster Lecture on Transport Safety |
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A Safer Way: Consultation on Making Britain's Roads the Safest in the World
NEW |
DfT
Consultation
DfT Consultation: Executive Summary
DfT Consultation: PowerPoint Presentation |
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Behave Yourself: Road Safety Policy in the 21st Century
NEW |
PACTS :
2009 report on behavioural change on our roads |
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Braking point - 20 mph speed limits in London NEW |
London
Assembly report on 20 mph speed limits |
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Transport Committee Report |
Transport
Committee Report on Road Safety |
Ending the Scandal of Complacency: Road
Safety beyond 2010 |
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20's Plenty Submission
to Transport Committee |
Transport Committee Submission
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20's Plenty For Us submission to UK Transport
Committee Inquiry on Road Safety |
| Setting Local Speed
Limits |
Dept for Transport Circular 1/2006
Setting Local
Speed Limits |
The recent circular which specifies how
Traffic Authorities should be setting local speed limits. |
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European Union
Kids on the move |
EU document presenting the case for restoring
the mobility of children through sharing our roads more equitably |
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European Union
Reclaiming city streets for
people - Chaos or quality of life? |
EU document identifying the issues effecting
the quality of life in European cities and strategies to make them more
friendly for people |
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European Union
National Policies to
Promote Cycling |
A 2004 comparison of national policies to
encourage cycling across Europe |
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SUNflower report |
A 2002 comparative study of road safety
development in Sweden, United Kingdom and Netherlands. |
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SUNflower report + 6 |
An updated 2005 report that includes 6
additional countries |
| Road Casualties in Britain 2008
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Department for Transport
British
Road Casualties 2008 |
the road accident
statistics for 2008 |
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Walking, cycling and transport safety: an analysis of child
road deaths
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Sonkin, Edwards, Roberts & Green |
An examination of the trends in road death rates for child
pedestrians, cyclists and car occupants.
Published by Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine -
August 2006 |
Beyond 2010 - a holistic approach
to road safety in
Great Britain |
Parliamentary Advisory Council
for Transport Safety - Final
Report - Summary |
An examination of the trends in road safety
and recommendation on how to create a better road environment in the future |
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IMPACT OF 30 KM/H
ZONE INTRODUCTION
ON VEHICLE EXHAUST
EMISSIONS IN URBAN AREAS
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Luc Int Panis Carolien Beckx and Steven Broekx
Download
full report |
Research from Belgium looking at the impact of 30 kph zones
on vehicle emissions. |
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Effect of 20 mph traffic speed zones
on road injuries in London,
1986-2006: controlled interrupted time series
analysis
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Grundy, Steinbach, Edwards, Green, Armstrong & Wilson
Download Article |
BMJ Article |
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20 mph zones and Road Safety in
London
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Grundy, Steinbach, Edwards, Green, Armstrong & Wilson
Download
Report |
Full report to London Road Safety Unit |
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The Effect of 20 mph zones on
Inequalities in Road Casualties in London
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Grundy, Steinbach, Edwards, Green, Armstrong & Wilson
Download Report |
Full report to London Road Safety Unit |
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THE CASE FOR 30 KM/H ZONES AND
MORE WALKABLE COMMUNITIES
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COSAIN
Download Report |
Paper by COSAIN (Community Road Safety Action & Information
Network) of Galway on benefits from 30kph speed limits in Dublin |
