Huncoat: Speed camera trials on Station Road

 A police camera offensive was trialled on Station Road in Huncoat during early July. It was purely an operation to gather figures and no prosecutions were made.

Huncoat Councillor Eamonn Higgins stated,  “Both Cllr Bernard Dawson and myself have received a lot of complaints from local residents lately about speeding motorists in this area, so we asked the police to attend to see how real the problem was. 495 motorists were picked up by the camera and out of them 68 were committing an offence.

Cllr Dawson said, "Station Road is a 20mph zone and there are already speeding restrictions in place. That’s 13.7 % of motorists. Other offences included driving whilst using a mobile phone, not wearing seat belts and speeding. One vehicle was travelling at 37mph in a 20mph zone. We have already had one fatality on this road some years ago, we must ensure road safety remains a priority in Huncoat so we will be looking to LCC highways to see how we can improve road safety at this location."