Ipswich Green
party calls for the immediate introduction of 20 mph
zones in all residential streets in Suffolk.
Oct 2008
Analysis of the latest road casualty figures from the Department for Transport,
carried out by Ipswich Green Party, show that over the past ten years Suffolk
has only reduced injuries to pedestrians by 51% compared with a 62% reduction
achieved by Norfolk . 25 children were killed or seriously injured on Suffolk ’s
roads in 2007.
The city of Graz in Austria has half the rate of road
deaths compared with similar cities in the UK , thanks
to a speed limit on almost all roads of 30 kph (19
mph). When the new speed limit was introduced in 1992,
there was a sharp decline of 24% in serious injuries
on the roads.
We must stop these tragic and preventable casualties.
Ipswich Green party calls for the immediate introduction
of 20 mph zones in all residential streets in Suffolk.
