20mph Zones in Tameside

• In line with Government's "Think!" campaign
• Will help to achieve Government's accident/casualty reduction target
• In line with current guidelines and practice
• Improve the general environment, less traffic, less noise, less pollution
• Will enable the more vulnerable road user to move about in relative safety
• Defines for the driver a special area where he needs to take extra care
• Co-ordinated plans to develop the introduction of 20 mph zones in line with Government Guidelines.

Recently the Government has published revised targets for casualty reductions on our roads.

The Government focused on setting an overall 40% reduction target for 2010 for the number of people killed or seriously injured on the roads, with a specific 50% reduction target for children.

The main aim of the Government is to make speeding traffic as socially unacceptable as drink-driving has become.

One of the ways in which the Government suggests some reductions may be made is by creating more 20mph speed limits/zones around schools and adjacent residential areas.  It is hoped that by introducing a large number of 20mph limits/zones around schools and adjacent residential areas drivers will automatically slow their vehicle to a more suitable speed when they enter any residential area.

The 20mph speed limit/zone is not a totally new idea in this Borough as developers of new residential areas are encouraged to design Traffic Calming/20mph Zones into their schemes and, where applicable, this Council has introduced 20mph Zones as part of their Traffic Calming schemes.

Due to the Government's attitude to the introduction of 20mph zones etc., it seems reasonable to investigate the possibility of making 20mph speed limits/zones which would initially cover areas surrounding primary schools

It is felt that to introduce limits/zones in these areas is a beneficial step in the driver awareness of 20mph limits/zones.

The Engineering Service also has approved criteria to allow potential "traffic calming sites to be measured, in terms of degree of hazard, and hence prioritised.  The general criteria used by Tameside MBC is 8 injury accidents in a 3 year period within a 50 metre radius of a junction or over a 300 metre length of road.

In addition new housing developments are also being designed as 20 mph zones to provide a safer environment.  

Schools To Benefit from Introducing 20 MPH Zones

School	Year Implemented
Ashton Hurst Ward
Broadoak Primary School	2003
Holden Clough Community Primary School	2004
Hurst Knoll St James CoE Primary School	2002
Rosehill Methodist Community Primary School	2007
St Christopher's RC Primary School	2007
Ashton St Peter's Ward
Ashton West End Primary School	2006
St Peter's CoE Primary School	2007
Holy Trinity CoE Primary School	2006
Ashton Waterloo Ward
Cannon Burrows CoE Primary School	2001
Cannon Johnson CoE Primary School	2002
Waterloo Primary School	2002
Ashton St Michael's Ward
Parochial CoE Primary School	2002
The Heys Primary School	2002
Audenshaw Ward
Aldwyn Primary School	2002
Audenshaw Primary School	2007
Poplar Street Primary School	2002
St Anne's RC Primary School	2005
Denton North East Ward
Linden Road Primary School	2002
Russell Scott Primary School	2004
St Anne's Primary School	2002
St Mary's RC Primary School	2001
Denton South Ward
Corrie Primary School	2002
Manor Green Primary School	2002
St John Fisher RC Primary School	2001
Denton West Ward
Denton West End Primary School	2002
Greswell Primary School	2002
Droylsden East Ward
Fairfield Road Primary School	2002
Moorside Primary School	2002
Droylsden West Ward
Greenside Primary School	2002
Manchester Road Primary School	2002
St Stephen's RC Primary School	2001
Dukinfield Ward
Lyndhurst Primary School	2002
Ravensfield Community Primary School	2002
Dukinfield / Stalybridge Ward
Broadbent Fold Primary School	2007
St John's CoE Primary School	2007
Yew Tree Community Primary School	2007
Gorse Hall Primary School	2001
St Peter's Catholic Primary School	2001
Hyde Godley Ward
Godley Primary School	2002
Greenside Primary School	2001
Leigh Primary School	2002
Pinfold Primary School	2002
St James's Catholic Primary School	2004
Hyde Newton Ward
Bradley Green Primary School	2001
Flowery Field Primary School	2002
Oakfield Primary School	2001
St Paul's Catholic Primary School	2002
Hyde Werneth Ward
Gee Cross Holy Trinity CoE Primary School	2002
St George's CoE Primary School	2001
Longdendale Ward
Arundale Primary School	2002
Broadbottom CoE Primary School	2006
Mottram CoE Primary School	2006
Mossley Ward
Livingstone Primary School	2002
Micklehurst All Saints CoE Primary School	2002
Milton St John's CoE Primary School	2002
St Joseph's RC Primary School	2002
Stalybridge North Ward
Arlies Primary School	2002
Buckton Vale Primary School	2002
Millbrook Primary School	2002
Ridgehill Primary School	2002
Stalybridge South Ward
Stalyhill Primary School	2002
Wildbank Primary School	2002

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