Speed

Speeding presents a road safety hazard and affects people's quality of life.

Effective speed management is an important element of the Partnership's casualty reduction strategy, which includes:

reviewing speed limits to ensure they are appropriate for the roads
introducing engineering measures, including traffic-calming solutions, to reduce traffic speeds in hazardous locations
ensuring speed limits are appropriately signed so that drivers are aware of the limit that applies
increasing road users knowledge and understanding of speed limits
encouraging greater compliance with speed limits by raising awareness of the hazards of speeding
enforcing speed limits using a range of enforcment methods, covert and overt
operating safety cameras (fixed, mobile and average speed cameras) at casualty trouble-spots / roadworks
operating Vehicle-Activated Signs (VAS) at selected locations as a high visibility speed limit reminder for speeding drivers to correct their speed
prosecuting people detected speeding