The default speed limit on restricted roads across Wales is set to be cut to 20mph in September.
A driver has said a pilot 20mph zone meant he did not hit a 12-year-old boy after he failed to spot him running across a road.From 17 September,The Welsh government said the change would save lives and cut pollution.Restricted roads are defined as ones with lampposts placed no more than half a mile apart - they are typically located in residential and built-up areas with high pedestrian activity.
"[The driver] stopped just a foot away from my son, but was able to brake and basically save his life and not hit him because he was doing 20mph," the boy's mother said.In a months' time, 20mph will be the default speed limit on restricted roads across Wales Mr Rees said he believed if he had been travelling at the old speed limit of 30mph , he may not have been able to stop in time.He believes the new pan-Wales speed limit is a "very good idea", but thinks it should be reviewed for roads which do not have houses built on either side.The lower speed limit has already been introduced in some places as part of a pilot scheme running since 2021.
They are St Dogmaels, St Brides Major in the Vale of Glamorgan, Llanelli , Buckley in Flintshire, Cardiff , Cilfrew in Neath Port Talbot, Abergavenny and Caerwent, Caldicot, Magor and Undy in Monmouthshire. Dr David Hanna, University Hospital of Wales' paediatric emergency consultant, said he welcomed the policy and it would "help reduce the number of collisions and severity of injuries"."They also tend to be struck higher on the body than adults due to their smaller height, and are more likely to suffer severe injuries as a result."
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