Request ID: FOI-0849-2223 Date published: 28 July 2022
You asked
We represent our client who was involved in a death by careless driving incident in January 2020 on Battersea Park Road SW11. The incident happened on the junction of Falcon Road, York Road and Battersea Park Road.
Would you kindly advise whether there was a change in speed limit on or around this time on Battersea Park Road ?
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0849-2223
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 6 July 2022, asking about a speed limit on Battersea Park Road.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require.
The current 20 MPH scheme came in force in March 2021 and is an experimental order. Please see the relevant order attached. Before that, the speed limit would have been 30 MPH. No order would be available for 30 MPH as this is enforced by legislation. Section 82(1)(a) defines a restricted road in England and Wales as a road on which there is provided "a system of street lighting furnished by means of lamps placed not more than 200 yards apart". Section 81 makes it an offence for a person to drive a motor vehicle at a speed of more than 30 mph on a restricted road.
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Yours sincerely
Eva Hextall FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
