Croydon's speed limits will be 20mph across the borough after the council approved the last remaining areas to be covered.

Members of the council's Traffic Management Action Committee this week approved 20mph limits for areas covering, north-west, south-east and south-west Croydon.

This comes after the north and north-west of the borough went ‘live’ with the 20mph crackdown last September and March.

Consultations held between the committee and members of the public, decided that the change would ‘improve road safety’ and the ‘local environment’.

Salim Sameja, a driving instructor from Croydon said: “I think it is good news, as a driving instructor, I am all for it. I hope people stick with it. There should be cameras to monitor it. I feel more secure because my pupils will be able to see the road and plan their speeds, making it so much safer.”

Mum-of-two Leontine Baffoe said: “I feel that it is safer. It makes our children safer, it will cause less accidents, but it is going to be more difficult to get around especially when it get to Christmas time.”

Bus routes and major through roads are exempt from the speed limit, as well as a list of roads that are deemed ‘impracticable’ to limit.

Craig Phelps, a mechanic at CCP Autos, said: “I think it should be increased. The roads should more open. Modern day cars stops a lot better than the older cars. 30mph has been around for a long time, with a modern car, and the brakes being so efficient, the stopping distance is shorter. The speed makes it harder, when all they want people to do is to slow down”.

Executive director for the council’s Place department, Shifa Mustafa said: “This decision now means we can complete this 20mph limit across the whole borough to make our roads safer for everyone.”

The roads included in the new changes will all have 20mph signs, and drivers caught speeding by police can expect fines, points on their licence or even prosecution.

On several roads where 20mph has already been implemented, the council has installed number plate recognition speed visors.

These record drivers’ speeds and relevant data is passed to the Metropolitan Police.

If speeding remains an issue, options could include traffic calming measures as well as police enforcement.

The final three remaining areas will go live by May 2018.