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Two years since the introduction of the national default 20mph speed limit, data is showing the positive impact on communities across Wales. This change is contributing to making communities safer for children and adults to live and enjoy activities such as playing, walking and cycling.
Figures from the Welsh Government reveal there was a 25% reduction in injuries, including deaths, on low-speed roads in the most recent 18 months, compared with between April 2022 and September 2023. The StatsWales data, published in August 2025, shows the number of injuries fell from 3,520 to 2,638, meaning 882 fewer people have been hurt on roads across Wales.
Adrian Berendt, Director 20’s Plenty for Us, the road speed reduction campaigning organisation, said:
‘We congratulate politicians, local authority representatives and community leaders who called for and implemented 20mph as an urban/village norm … We thank Welsh drivers who have altered their behaviour to make their communities even better places to be.’