The Staveley Community Speed Watch (CSW) team, under the management of North Yorkshire Police (NYP), completed their second year of operation on 10th August 2024. The main aim of the CSW scheme is driver education and making us all aware of the dangers of travelling too fast in built-up areas.
During the year, the 16 team volunteers gave up 274 hours of their time, monitoring the speed of 3,505 vehicles during 53 watch sessions at 10 different locations on different weekdays and times around the village. The details of 309 vehicles exceeding the speed limit threshold have been passed on to NYP for further action.
The overall average rate of offending during the year was 1 in 10 vehicles but as would be expected, the rate differs for each speed zone. In the 20 mph speed zone (Minskip Road) the rate was approximately 1 in 5 vehicles. In the 30 mph speed zones (Main Street and Arkendale Road) the rate was approximately 1 in 20 vehicles.
During the two years of operation the team have now monitored the speed of a total of 6,746 vehicles and logged 635 offences. Whilst 540 vehicles have offended only once, 40 vehicles have offended twice, 5 vehicles three times and 2 vehicles four times.
The full results and analysis of all the CSW team watch sessions are available on their website at https://csw.staveleyandcopgrovepc.org.uk/.
If anyone would like to join the team and help to deter speeding traffic through the village, please use the contact details on their website. Volunteering usually involves 2-3 hours per month of your time. The bigger the team, the more watch sessions we can carry out and the more the message can be spread!