Milton Keynes City Council is currently consulting on a possible 10mph advisory speed limit for Walton Road in an effort to ‘maintain and improve pedestrian safety'.

The road in Wavendon, an older village in the Milton Keynes urban area, features a double bend and a short section with no pavement.

As well as the lowered speed limit, other proposals included:

  • Improved detection proposal with full coverage of properties on the bend
  • Explore Home Zone or Quiet Lane designation with the Department for Transport
  • New road and signage layout drawing, including new signage, road markings and any other measures considered appropriate, for informal consultation
  • Improved road markings using colour and texture and additional signage

The council told Highways there were 'currently no plans' to introduce the advisory 10mph speed limit but added that it was 'one of a number of options discussed with residents as part of our recent public consultation'.

‘Consultation on potential improvements at this location remains ongoing. This section of road is in an older part of the city and does not have dedicated pedestrian access along a short stretch. While there have been no recorded incidents at this location, we are continuing to consider the most appropriate measures to maintain and improve pedestrian safety,' the council added.

Typically, 10mph speed limits are only used for private land, school zones or car parks. There are some instances of tunnels such as the Dartford Crossing having a minimum speed limit of 10mph, but a maximum of 10mph is functionally non-existent.

Last year, the Road Safety Foundation published its 2025 Determining Safer Speeds report, which said that based on ‘the latest publicly available research, the exidence0based maximum operating speeds on British roads' that would avoid ‘most deaths and life-changing injuries' would be 10mph ‘where there is a particular prevalence of pedestrians and/or bicyclists and/or motorcyclists, or where there is a heightened vulnerability of pedestrians to impact and injury'.

However, the report made no policy recommendations and was instead focused on highlighting the benefits of managing speeds.