§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will withdraw the 70 miles per hour, 60 miles per hour and 50 miles per hour (Temporary Speed Limit) (Continuation) Order 1978.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeNo. The order raised the national speed limits to 70 mph for dual carriageway road, and 60 mph for single carriageways. I receive only a few requests for change and they are divided between requests for raising and lowering of the limits.
Name Location Date of Incident Cpl. Owen McQuade (Regular Army) Londonderry 11 November 1980 Oliver Walsh Sturgan Bray near Crossmaglen 12 November 1980 Peter Valente West Belfast 14 November 1980 Thomas Orr West Belfast 19 November 1980 Norman Henry Donaldson (UDR) Co. Fermanagh 25 November 1980 Mrs. Heather Pollock Strabane (died 27 December 1980) 9 December 1980 Colin Hartley Quinn (UDR) West Belfast 10 December 1980 WOII H. McGinn (TAVR) Armagh 27 December 1980 William Cecil Burns (Prison Officer) East Belfast 30 December 1980 Constable Lindsey McDougall (RUC'R') Belfast City Centre (died 14 January 1981) 9 January 1981 Major William Toombs (UDR) Warrenpoint 16 January 1981 Morris Edward Gilvarry Border Crossing near Forkhill 19 January 1981