TRANSPORT
Safety in
numbers
Ealing was recently
named national
Transport Authority of
the Year and 20mph
zones are the latest part
of the council’s ongoing
campaign to improve
road safety.
22
around ealing
Winter 2015/16
M
ore than a third of the
borough is already
covered by 20mph limits
but it is estimated that
a borough-wide 20mph zone could
prevent 60 injuries per year and also
stop three people from being killed or
seriously injured each year.
This is in large part because it is six
times less likely for a pedestrian to be
seriously injured or killed if they are
hit by a car travelling at 20mph rather
than 30mph. The distance it takes for a
car to stop at 20mph is only 12 metres
(three car lengths) as opposed to 23
metres (six car lengths) at 30mph.
PILOT AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION
The idea is to introduce the 20mph
limit in two phases: Firstly in Acton, in
summer 2016. This would be reviewed
in 2017 after a year’s trial, before it is
decided whether to include the rest
of the borough in a second phase in
late 2018 and early 2019. A public
consultation on the plan is has started
and will run until Sunday, 13 December
– visit www.ealing.gov.uk/consultations
THE CASE FOR 20MPH
The number of people killed or
seriously injured in accidents on the
borough’s roads fell from 218 in 2001