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Think about the accident rate before raising HGV speed limit

Philippa Edmunds Freight on Rail manager Campaign for Better Transport London EC1M
03 August 2018
 

Regarding your story about the Scottish Government awaiting the research findings on raising HGV speed limits in England and Wales, the reality is that the research is not going to admit that the Government made the wrong decision by increasing the limits (‘Scots Government awaits DfT study of HGV speed limit rise’ LTT 20 Jul). 

So the Scottish Government should be aware that latest DfT fatality statistics show that HGV involvement in fatal crashes on minor roads is almost...

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