In 2019 the Parish Council paid for two traffic surveys, one on Main Street and one on Arkendale Road (Minskip Road having recently been monitored by NYCC which lead to the introduction of the 20 mph section). The purpose of these surveys was to accurately establish whether there was an unacceptable level of speeding rather needing to rely on perceptions. The data gathered did show that there was an issue with speeding.
Since that time the Parish Council has worked on your behalf to try and obtain support to address this and finally we are very relieved to advise you that North Yorkshire Police recently undertook their own speed data analysis and confirmed that the speed data and information they obtained and analysed has lead to the following decision.
“Based on the speed data collected and all other available relevant information, the Roads Safety Task Group decided that the location was suitable for Community Speed Watch (CSW).
CSW is a scheme that has been launched across North Yorkshire designed to support local communities and improve road safety by allowing residents to address speed concerns in their local area with the support of North Yorkshire Police. “
On this basis they have offered their support to launch the scheme, subject to a full site risk assessment. As the name suggests the actual data gathering is undertaken by residents and so we are now looking for volunteers to join a group who will be trained to undertake roadside data gathering.
Please can you let Helen North know by email at helen.north@staveleyandcopgrovepc.org.uk if you are willing to participate.
In the meantime please continue to report traffic issues such as speeding, dangerous driving etc to 95Alive at Online Speed Concern Report
Have you witnessed anti-social use of vehicles or captured it on camera?
North Yorkshire Police have launched ‘Operation Spartan’ which aims to improve the attitudes of all who use our roads and increase the level of safety for all.
North Yorkshire Police would like to see any evidence if you have witnessed or captured instances of anti-social use of vehicles, or poor and dangerous driving. They hope to use this initiative to help improve road safety for all road users and pedestrians.
If you have any filming on a dashboard camera or other form of camera, then Information on how to register and send these instances can be found here: https://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/do-it-online/report- it/road-policing/ or by emailing: OpSpartan@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk
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