Dear Sir or Madam,

Recently Portsmouth City Council rolled 20mph roads across the city
after testing the scheme. Under the freedom of information act I
would like to know:

- How many Traffic related accidents where there on Portsmouth's
Roads in year before the scheme was first tested? - How many
accidents were there on the roads tested during the test period? -
How many accidents were there on these specific roads before the
test began (over the past year)?

Yours faithfully,

Gareth Davies

FOI D & CE DEPARTMENT
Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2BQ
Telephone: 023 9268 8482

Fax: 023 9284 1327

Reference: Request FOI2008143

10 April 2008

Dear Mr Davies
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST - 20MPH SCHEME
Thank you for your request for information received on 9/4/08
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Yours sincerely

Peter
Peter Harding
Corporate Information Governance Officer
Freedom Of Information
Portsmouth City Council
023 9268 8482

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Did you know?
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Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2BQ
Telephone: 023 9268 8482
Fax: 023 9284 1327

Our Ref: FOI2008143

Your Ref:

Dear Gareth Davis, Date 15/04/08

FOI INFORMATION REQUEST - INFO PROVIDED

Thank you for your request for information received on 09/04/08, which was considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I enclose a copy of your original request.

Recently Portsmouth City Council rolled 20mph roads across the city
after testing the scheme. Under the freedom of information act I
would like to know:

- How many Traffic related accidents where there on Portsmouth's
Roads in year before the scheme was first tested? - How many
accidents were there on the roads tested during the test period? -
How many accidents were there on these specific roads before the test
began (over the past year)?

In accordance with FOIA Portsmouth City Council confirms it holds the information. Please find enclosed the information requested, provided by the Engineers and Transport Department, as follows in a word document:

<<FOI2008143 Info Provided.doc>>

Under the Re- Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/1515) the supplied information may not be re-used without obtaining the permission of Portsmouth City Council.
Portsmouth City Council in complying with their statutory duty under sections 1 and 11 of the Freedom of Information Act to release the enclosed information, will not breach the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. However, the rights of the copyright holder of the enclosed information will continue to be protected by the law. If you wish to use this information, you may require approval or licence from the copyright holder.

If you have any queries or concerns please contact the Corporate Information Governance Officer at Portsmouth City Council, Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2GB, telephone 023 9268 8482, e-mail [email address].

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Mr Peter Harding

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Did you know?
Portsmouth's economy was improved by £373m in 2007 by 7.6 million visitors - around 35 times the city's population.

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