Automated traffic surveys

Stinchcombe Parish Council applied for automated traffic surveys at three locations under the first tranche of Gloucestershire’s new Community Speed Watch Fund.  We chose locations where we believe there is a speeding problem and manual speed monitoring is not possible.  Our community speed watch teams are not allowed to monitor at locations where the speed limit is greater that 40 mph.  Even where the limit is 30 mph or 40 mph we cannot monitor if the Police have not approved a safe location.

There are also restrictions on where automated traffic surveys can take place.  There has to be street furniture to which the survey equipment can be secured and Highways personnel need to be able to install the equipment without putting themselves at undue risk.  

The three locations that we have subsequently agreed with Road Safety Engineers at Highways are shown in the maps StreetView images:

1) bottom of Taits Hill (50 mph area)

2) residential area on Berkeley Rd (60 mph area)

3) B4060 between Yercombe Lodge and Piers Court (30 mph area)

Obtaining traffic data can be the first step towards seeking a speed limit reduction and/or other road safety measures.  The recent serious accident on Taits Hill, the second in 2 years, can only strengthen the case at that location.

Kath