Speed limit in Tashkent and Nukus cities, as well as provincial and district centers will be reduced from 70 to 60 km/h from April 1. This is provided for by the presidential decree, which approved the 2023 State Program within the “New Uzbekistan’s Development Strategy for 2022-2026.
The move was reportedly aimed at enhancing road safety based on the idea of "A city for pedestrians not for vehicles”.
The draft of the decree proposed to reduce the maximum speed limit to 60 km/h in all cities and villages of Uzbekistan from June 1. It said that reducing the speed by 10 km/h could lead to a decrease in deaths in road traffic accidents by at least 15%. Only in Tashkent in 2022 there were 1,200 accidents, which is almost by 130 more than in 2021 (1,073).
9,902 accidents were officially registered last year throughout Uzbekistan, which is by 1% less than a year earlier. The number of fatal accidents decreased by 5.1% (down 2,086), and those who died as a result of accidents decreased by 2.9% (down 2,356). While, accidents associated with injuries increased by 0.2% (7,816), and the number of injured increased by 3.9% (9,606).
In 2023, the traffic police is eyeing a decrease in the number of accidents by 15%.
Since January, in Tashkent within the Small Ring Road, in Namangan and Urgench - throughout the city, and in other provinces of the country - on certain streets and roads, the permitted speed of traffic has been reduced from 70 to 60 km/h. In the capital, the 60 speed limit signs have been installed mainly at the exits from the Small Ring Road.
