Regular Speed Checks To Take Place On Road In Market Harborough
Written by HFM News on 8th November 2022
Regular speed checks are to take place on Northampton Road in Market Harborough.
It will be one of seven new locations to be visited by the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Road Safety Partnership (LLRRSP), following community concerns.
Enforcement vans will monitor the speed of traffic on the road for the next 18 months.
Speed camera van
Jonathan Clarkson, LLRRSP spokesperson said: “Many local residents feel their lives blighted by the anti-social effects of excessively speeding traffic through their communities. In response to this, detailed covert traffic speed surveys are undertaken and if a particular location meets the LLRRSP criteria it will become a community concern site and will benefit from regular speed camera van visits.”
“Inappropriate speed contributes to around 11% of all injury collisions reported to Leicestershire Police, 15% of collisions resulting in a serious injury and 24% of collisions that result in a death. This includes both ‘excessive speed’, when the speed limit is exceeded, and also driving or riding within the speed limit when this is too fast for the conditions at the time, for example in poor weather, poor visibility or high pedestrian activity.”
