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zoubidaas · 2013-02-08, 19:30

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speed limits on some rural roads could be lowered from 60 mph to 40 mph to help cut high casualty rates in the countryside , the government said yesterday .
And more 20 mph zones in busy towns and high streets were given the green light as the Coalition handed councils more flexibility to change the restriction .
Speed limits could also rise if they are set too low ' for no good reason ' , ministers said .
Thee new draft guidelines ask local traffic authorities to keep speed limits under review and to ' consider the introduction of more 20 mph limits and zones , over time , in urban areas , to ensure greater safety for pedestrians and cyclists .
The department for Transport said it wanted councils to be able to set ' more appropriate local speed limits , including lower or higher limits where conditions dictate .' The aim is to achieve local speed limits ' that better reflect the needs of all road users , not just motorised vehicles '. It added : ' if the speed limit is set too low fo no clear reason and the risk of collisions is low , then it may be appropriate to increase the limit . '
While 60 mph may be appropriate on good quality or unclassified rural roads . ministers said , councils should be able to reduce limits to 50 mph on roads with a high number of bends .
They could even cut limits to 40 mph near National Parks , areas of outstanding national beauty or ' a recommended route for vulnerable road users' such as cyclists .
A 40 mph limit should also be considered if there ' is a particular collision problem ' .
Ministers said Government policy is that a 30 mph speed limit ' should be the norm in villages ' . But they added : ' In some circumstances it might be appropriate to consider an intermediate speed limit of 40 mph prior to the 30 mph limit at the entrance to the village , in the particular where there are outlying houses beyond the village boundary or roads with high approach speeds '
Details appeared in a consultation document called ' setting local speed limits '
The campaign to protect Rural England welcomed the guidelines on rural roads .
Ralph Smyth , senior transport campaigner for the cpre , said : ' Since the last speed limit guidance was published , deaths on rural roads have tragically increased from half of all roads deaths to more than two thirds . While the UK has made urban areas safer through introducing 20 mph zones , we have failed unlike other countries to do anything similar in the countryside . '
Road Safety Minister Mike Penning said : ' It is vital that speed limits are suitable for local conditions and councils are best placed to determine what these limits are , based on local knowledge and the views of the community

. '