10 people are killed, and 100 injured, every day on Britain's roads. 20mph speed limits, when properly enforced, have been shown to reduce casualties by 70% amongst child pedestrians.
A pedestrian struck at 20mph has a 95% chance of survival. This is reduced to a 50% chance of survival at 30mph.
Drivers, are the extra few minutes that you might save per week by gunning it between red lights, when driving through residential areas, worth this kind of risk?
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