Speed Limit Review

Drivers will soon need to beware of new, lower speed limits on several routes across the Harborough District – if new Leicestershire County Council proposals go ahead.
The Council is set to reduce the limit from sixty to fifty miles per hour on 24 more rural routes in Leicestershire as it expands its speed reduction scheme.
These include the A5199 from Knaptoft to Kilby, the A426 north of Lutterworth, Lutterworth Road from Gilmorton, Gallow Field Road in Foxton, and the route between Kibworth Harcourt and Tur Langton.
The move follows a study carried out by the authority two years’ ago – which found that around 60 per cent of collisions which caused injury on rural routes involved motorists exceeding the 60mph speed limit or driving at inappropriate speeds.
The Council says it will also monitor other routes -to see if they would benefit from speed reduction measures in the future.”