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Typically within Hull, 20 mph zones have achieved reductions[106] in injury accidents of:
— Total accidents -56 per cent
— Killed & seriously injured accidents -90 per cent
— Accidents involving child casualties -64 per cent
— All pedestrian accidents -54 per cent
— Child pedestrian accidents -74 per cent.
It is estimated that at the end of 1999, 390 injury accidents had been prevented within the 20 mph zones which had been previously installed. 122 of these would have involved injuries to children.
In August 2000, we asked 3,700 residents of existing 20 mph zones what they thought of the scheme, 546 replied (15 per cent).
— Over 25 per cent of respondents said that they walked or cycled more since the scheme was introduced.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmtlgr/557/557ap80.htm
I don't care how they do it, speed bumps, chicanes, or average speed cameras (which I'd much prefer otherwise cars race you to bumps or pinch points) but getting traffic speeds down massively reduces accidents. Also, roads are a far more civilised experience, a proper shared space.