Council spends £1,250 on 20mph bin stickers
11/03/2026
There are now 275 20mph zones in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire County Council has spent £1,250 on stickers for people to place on their wheelie bins to promote 20mph zones.
The tax-payer cash was used to purchase 1,000 stickers which are being posted out to any members of the public who request them.
The news comes as the Liberal Democrat run authority faces criticism for the number of potholes on the county’s roads and the fiasco of Banbury area children being allocated school places in Bicester.
The stickers have been produced to mark the implementation of the 275th 20mph scheme in Oxfordshire. Residents can apply for up to 10 stickers, the aim of which is to remind motorists to stick to the lower limit.
The scheme is run in conjunction with the national “20’s Plenty for Us” campaign group.
Councillor Andrew Gant, Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Transport Management, said: “Residents can now can visibly demonstrate their support by putting these stickers on their wheelie bins, to remind drivers that 20mph should be the norm in areas where people live.
“Throughout the delivery of this programme we have been clear about the advantages it brings. You are seven times more likely to survive if you are hit by a car driving at 20mph than if you are hit at 30mph.
“Reducing speeds in residential areas is a vital pillar of our commitment to Vision Zero – our ambition to eliminate deaths and serious injuries from road traffic collisions in Oxfordshire by 2050.”
The cost of the stickers will be covered from the council’s Vision Zero budget.
Published: by the Banbury FM News Team
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