There have been many car collisions in this area recently. Residents are concerned for their safety. Many vehicles race each other along Market Street at speeds of up to 70mph.
The safety of myself and residents is in jeopardy and we urge you to put measures in place to slow the traffic down to ensure there will be no fatalities.
This ePetition ran from 12/03/2018 to 23/04/2018 and has now finished.
114 people signed this ePetition.
Thank you for the petitions you have organised both online and by paper copy concerning speeding at Market Street in Healey and Whitworth.
A survey which recorded the speeds of all passing vehicles over a seven day period was carried out on Market Street. The results of the survey are as follows:
Eastbound Mean speed: 29 mph 85th percentile speed: 32 mph
Westbound Mean speed: 30 mph 85th percentile speed: 34 mph
The 85th percentile speed is the speed at or below which 85% of the vehicles are travelling. It is the 85th percentile speed value which is used by the police to determine which sites are appropriate for mobile speed enforcement. The speeds recorded, together with the safety record for this road, mean that mobile speed enforcement would not be prioritised at this time.
We are aware how important road safety is to communities and your petition identifies the strength of feeling. We share your concern, particularly in the light of the high speed collision in November 2017 in which, thankfully, nobody was seriously hurt and did not involve pedestrians. Such incidents are however exceptional and no action taken by the council could have prevented this "joyriding" related collision.
November's accident and some instances of recklessness witnessed by residents notwithstanding, the area has a good safety record for pedestrians. The matter will be investigated more thoroughly by the speed tasking group including representatives from the council and the police but as stated the figures on average speeds and accident data at this location are unlikely to justify significant speed enforcement action when other areas of the network show greater potential hazards which are yet to be addressed.
We will however be installing a Speed Indicator Device (SpID)
which indicates the motorist's speed of travel to them. Such
devices have been shown to be beneficial to average speeds on roads
like this and should therefore have a positive impact for both
motorists' and pedestrians' sense of well-being using the
highway.