AQW 10159/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 16/04/2024
Answered On Date: 01/05/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what consideration he has given to reducing speed limits to improve safety on our roads.

Answer:

My Department’s approach to road safety engineering, including the provision of speed control measures, is outlined in a number of documents that are publicly available to view at: https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/articles/road-safety-engineering.

One of the best ways to ensure safety on our roads and fulfil our long-term goal of eliminating death and serious injury by 2050, is by changing road user behaviour. As road users we all have a personal responsibility to behave in a way that keeps ourselves and others safe. The sad reality is that if we do not change our own attitudes when we are using the roads, our death toll will continue to increase.