Drivers in Twickenham are being reminded of new speed limits after additional signage was installed along a key route.

Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that temporary "new 30mph speed limit in force" signs have now been added along The Avenue and Twickenham Road.

This comes after local residents and Richmond Council lobbied TfL to consider introducing better signage to make more drivers aware of the temporary change.

The 30mph limit came into force on Friday, 20 March, covering the stretch from St Margarets Roundabout to where the existing 30mph zone begins near Old Deer Park.

The newly installed signs are positioned at roughly 500-metre intervals and will remain in place for six months to help drivers adjust to the change.

The updated section now creates a continuous 30mph route from Whitton Road Roundabout to Chalkers Corner, which TfL hopes will improve compliance and overall road safety.

TfL say the changes form part of wider efforts led by the Mayor of London and the network to reduce road danger and eliminate deaths and serious injuries on London's roads by 2041.

As part of this, a new 20mph speed limit has also been introduced on A306 Roehampton Lane, reduced from 30mph between Upper Richmond Road and Kingston Road to align with surrounding limits.

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TfL says evidence shows that lower speeds significantly reduce both the likelihood of collisions and the severity of injuries when they do occur.

In central London, 20mph speed limits have already contributed to a 24 per cent reduction in fatal and serious collisions on TfL-managed roads.

Across the capital, 2024 recorded the lowest number of serious road casualties on record outside of the pandemic years, with figures down 24 per cent compared to the 2010–2014 baseline.

Road deaths have also fallen by 19 per cent over the same period, with London reducing road danger at a faster rate than the rest of Great Britain.

The measures are part of TfL's wider Vision Zero strategy, first introduced in 2018, which aims to make London's roads safer for all users. 

Lilli Matson, TfL's Chief Safety, Health and Environment Officer, said: "We should never accept that deaths and serious injuries on our road network are inevitable.

"Research shows that the lower the speed a vehicle travels at, the lower the average risk of death for someone involved in a collision, which is why we're continuing to reduce speed limits on our road network as part of our commitment to Vision Zero."

READ MORE: Parents and children protest at 'dangerous' St Margarets crossing on A316 in Twickenham.

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