In January 2026 the UK Government published its Road Safety Strategy which outlines its adoption of the Safe System Approach with a target of reducing KSI's by 65% and child KSIs by 70% over the next 10 years. The Transport Committee is conducting an inquiry into the Road Safety Strategy and has requested a Call For Evidence from interested parties. 

20's Plenty has responded to this request with the following submission to the particular questions asked as below.

Other Written Evidence may be viewed here.

20's Plenty have also been asked to provide Oral Evidence to the committee see a recording of the session below. 

The Oral Evidence sessions conducted to date may be viewed here.

20’s Plenty for Us welcomes the government’s adoption of the internationally recognised Safe System approach – something that 20’s Plenty for Us had been calling for. A Safe System clearly requires 20mph speed limits in urban/village areas.

The government has recently published an update to the 2013 guidance to local Traffic Authorities on setting local speed limits. This was promised at the last Conservative Conference when it launched its "Plan for Drivers" in what is widely recognised as an attempt to gather support in anticipation of a 2024 election.

Our response to the Department for Transport Circular 01/2013 (March 2024 revision) can be broken down into 3 areas:

1. Why have the revisions been made?
2. What are the key elements of the revised guidance?
3. What will be the impact from the revised guidance?