Crashes cut by one third after 20mph limit introduced in Edinburgh | The Scotsman

Vehicle collisions in the capital fell by one third two years after speed limits were lowered from 30mph on most city streets, research by the University of St Andrews revealed today.

Friday, 29th January 2021

City-wide 20mph limits on most Edinburgh streets were introduced between 2016 and 2018.

Research showed the average monthly number of road traffic collisions (RTCs) went down from just over 95 in 2016 when the 20mph limits were introduced to 64 in 2018.However, the rate had also more than halved over the two decades prior to that, from 165 in 1997.