Do 20mph speed limits really save lives?

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Do 20mph speed limits save lives?

– A 2018 report by Atkins/AECOM/UCL found that 51% of motorists conformed to the new limit (47% in residential areas and 65% in city centres).

– When a 20mph zone replaced a 30mph one the median speed fell by 0.7mph in residential areas and 0.9mph in city centres. It was found that there was insufficient evidence to judge whether the 20mph limit reduced casualties: while accident rates had tended to fall within the zones, the same was true of comparator zones which had remained at 30mph.

– Only one area of 20mph zones (in Brighton) had seen a significant fall in casualties compared with comparable 30mph zones, with overall casualties falling by 19% and pedestrian casualties by 29%.

Asylum bids

7,000 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa in two days, outnumbering the 6,000 population. Which EU countries received the most, and fewest, asylum applications in 2022?

Most

Germany – 217,735

France – 137,510

Spain – 116,135

Austria – 109,775

Italy – 77,200

Netherlands – 35,495

Fewest

Hungary – 45

Liechtenstein – 70

Montenegro – 175

Slovakia – 500