Quite simply, slower is safer.

The evidence shows that if you hit a pedestrian at 30mph, they are seven times more likely to die than at 20mph. 

The Ayrshire Roads Alliance is responsible for over 2461km of carriageway 

At the moment we are considering the impact that the Transport Scotland Trunk Road speed limits will have on adjacent roads, therefore the first roads considered for the 20mph speed limit changes will be:

Crookedholm, East Ayrshire 

Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire

Mauchline, East Ayrshire

New Cumnock, East Ayrshire 

Ballantrae, South Ayrshire

Girvan, South Ayrshire

Minishant, South Ayrshire 

 

In line with the Transport Scotland and Scottish Government's approach, many villages already have 20mph speed limits: 

Barhill, South Ayrshire 

Colmonell, South Ayrshire

Crosshill, South Ayrshire

Dailly, South Ayrshire

Dundonald, South Ayrshire

Dunure, South Ayrshire

Kirkmichael, South Ayrshire

Maidens, South Ayrshire

Minishant, South Ayrshire

Monkton, South Ayrshire

Pinwherry, South Ayrshire

Straiton, South Ayrshire

Symington, South Ayrshire

Tarbolton, South Ayrshire

 

With more 20mph limits planned for: 

Ayr, South Ayrshire

Barr, South Ayrshire

Coylton, South Ayrshire

Maybole, South Ayrshire

Prestwick, South Ayrshire

Troon, South Ayrshire 

The Ayrshire Roads Alliance has considered the impact that the Trunk Road speed limit changes will have on adjacent local roads.

Given that it would appear to make little logical sense to have a strategic trunk road at 20mph within a settlement and contiguous local roads at a higher default 30mph speed limit, ARA has pursued a review of how best to coordinate existing speed limits with the forthcoming Trunk Road speed limit reductions to ensure a sensible road hierarchy is maintained.

This includes the identification of a number of local roads adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, the Trunk Road as it passes through our settlements, and seeking to reduce the speed limits to 20mph to match the Trunk Road.

No. The rollout of 20mph speed limits mirrors Transport Scotland's rollout over the Trunk Road network, therefore 

the first roads considered for the 20mph speed limit changes will be: 

New Cumnock, East Ayrshire

Mauchline, East Ayrshire 

Minishant, South  Ayrshire

Ballantrae, South Ayrshire 

Girvan, South Ayrshire  

20mph speed limits will also be implemented in: 

Crookedholm, East Ayrshire

Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire

Slower is safer. If you hit someone at 30mph, they're seven times more likely to die than at 20mph.

There are many other reasons why lowering the speed limit from 30mph to 20mph is beneficial, including:

A reduction in the severity of, and total number of road collisions

Creating safer spaces for all road users to enjoy

Improving our communities, by lowering vehicle speeds in the places we live

The Ayrshire Roads Alliance will introduce the 20mph speed limits using Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders (TTROs) which will remain in place for 18 months. 

During the 18-month TTRO period we intend to make a measured and informed descision as to whether the 20mph speed limit can be kept, refined or modified in terms of: 

Considering speed management measures to aid better compliance.

Being used as an opportunity to implement local plans that are complemented by the lower speed limit, such as active travel measures. 

Evidencing or accepting that the road is not appropriate, in these cases we may revert back to a speed limit of 30mph either partially or in full. 

The Ayrshire Roads Alliance has no powers of enforcement in relation to speeding offences – only Police Scotland are able to take punitive action against drivers committing moving traffic offences, which includes speeding.