Motorways: Speed Limits
(asked on 6th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the motorway speed limit to 80mph.
This question was answered on 14th February 2023
A previous Government made an initial assessment of the possibility of introducing trials of 80 mph limits.
The safety of road users is our priority, and any change to speed limits would be evidence-led, looking at the impact on safety, air quality and carbon emissions as well as road conditions.