Speed Limit: Bognor Regis - West Sussex County Council
Speed Limit: Bognor Regis - West Sussex County Council
Speed Limit: Bognor Regis - West Sussex County Council
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7. Risk Management Implications<br />
7.1 The proposal to advertise a 40mph limit rather than maintain the existing<br />
50mph limit aims to reduce the risk of accidents, and the severity of any<br />
resulting casualties, by selecting a speed limit which drivers, in the main,<br />
choose to comply with and which is deemed suits the conditions at that site<br />
and on surrounding roads.<br />
7.2 A 40mph limit is considered appropriate at this location due to the traffic flow<br />
and characteristics of the local road layout. It is considered that this will<br />
result in some greater constraint to higher speeds (than would a 50mph<br />
limit) thereby reducing the risk and severity of casualties.<br />
7.3 There is a risk that some drivers will ignore the limit and drive at higher<br />
speeds. This is a risk with all speed limits and one which is reduced by<br />
setting limits which are appropriate to the conditions (see section 3 above).<br />
Further mitigating measures could be introduced by enforcement through<br />
<strong>Sussex</strong> Police or additional signs and road markings to advise drivers of the<br />
local risks.<br />
7.4 A delay in consideration of a lower limit will result in the costs of<br />
implementing a future decision being met by the <strong>County</strong> <strong>Council</strong>, rather than<br />
the developer as is currently planned.<br />
8. Crime and Disorder Act Implications<br />
8.1 <strong>Sussex</strong> Police have been consulted and have confirmed they do not believe<br />
there are any Crime and Disorder Act implications with regards to the<br />
proposed 40 mph speed limit, other than any non-compliance type issues.<br />
However, they do not consider these would be significant enough to abandon<br />
the proposal to reduce the speed limit as these can be mitigated against<br />
using the further measures described above.<br />
9. Human Rights Act Implications<br />
No Human Rights Act implications have been identified with regards to this<br />
recommendation.<br />
Tony Toynton<br />
Director<br />
Customers and Infrastructure<br />
Peter Bradley<br />
Service Manager<br />
Engineering Solutions<br />
Contact: Harvey Rogers 01243 777565<br />
Background Papers<br />
None.<br />
Appendix A Existing and Proposed <strong>Speed</strong> <strong>Limit</strong>s
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