Aberdeen City Council has announced a new 20mph speed limit signs have started to be installed for streets in the north of Aberdeen.
The council stated that the scheme will improve road safety via reducing perception of road danger and increase the level of walking, wheeling and cycling in neighbourhoods, thereby promoting active travel.
It will also improve fuel efficiency and could cause a change in social and cultural attitudes towards vehicular speed and road safety as a 20mph speed limit will be the norm in urban areas.
This will lead to reduced collision risk and severity and better air quality as there will be reduced emissions from vehicles.
The new speed limit is enforceable as soon as the signs has been erected which will happen on a rolling basis on affected streets.
The strategy aims to expand 20mph speed limits across Scotland, and to ensure all appropriate roads in built-up areas have a safer speed limit of 20mph by 2025.
The process for implementing proposed 20mph streets in the central and southern parts of the city will follow on from the north.
Aberdeen City Council net zero, environment, and transport committee vice convener, Miranda Radley, said: “If a motorist hits someone at 30 mph, they are seven times more likely to die than if the incident took place at 20 mph.
“Improving road safety is a national goal so I am pleased that Aberdeen City Council is playing its part by introducing 20mph speed limits in residential areas.”
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