The SAM2 has just completed another month back in Claxton. We have it until the end of November. The location in October was the 30MPH repeater post at the Village Hall, facing towards Langley and Loddon. We have downloaded the statistics for the month and these are shown below. (more…)
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Speeding in the village – October 2021 update
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Speeding in the village – September 2021 update
The SAM2 has just completed its first month back in Claxton since May. We have it until the end of November. The location in September was the 30MPH repeater post at The Warren, facing towards Rockland St Mary and Norwich. We have downloaded the statistics for the month and these are shown below. (more…)
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Norfolk Constabulary – Local Priorities
At the Priority Setting Meeting for Loddon held virtually yesterday, Norfolk Constabulary have agreed to the three most important priorities for residents who attended. These are set out in the poster below. Claxton residents should hopefully welcome the fact that speeding came out top.
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Norwich Western Link project update
The following message has been received from Cllr Martin Wilby, Cabinet Member for Highways and Infrastructure at Norfolk County Council:
I’m really pleased to tell you that we have today awarded the contract to design and build the Norwich Western Link to Ferrovial Construction. (more…)
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Speeding in the village – May 2021 update
The SAM2 has just completed its deployment in Claxton and has transferred to Langley with Hardley, where it will stay till 1 September. The location in May was the 30MPH repeater post at the Warren, facing towards Loddon. We have downloaded the statistics for the month and these are shown below. (more…)
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Speeding in the village – April 2021 update
The SAM2 has just completed its middle of three months back in Claxton. We have it until the end of May. The location in April was the 30MPH repeater post at the Village Hall, facing towards Rockland St Mary and Norwich. We have downloaded the statistics for the month and these are shown below.
Despite the easing of some Coronavirus measures the overall number of vehicles going north through the village was virtually identical with March, which was also a national lockdown month. Almost the same percentage (95.6% against 95.2% in March) went through at 35MPH and under, even if one vehicle in five of these was over the legal limit of 30MPH.
391 passed this point at a speed of 36 MPH or above, 41 of which were above 40MPH, for which there is no excuse – just a regular and flagrant disregard of the law and speed limits and the safety of other road users, including families and the elderly.
One vehicle went through Claxton on Sunday 25 April at 7.45pm between 51 and 55MPH. 3 others went through between 46-50MPH on 9 April at 10.25am, 10 April at 9.10am and 15 April at 9.20pm. These people should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. What a pity we don’t have the technology to capture registration numbers or there would be a lot of naming and shaming going on.
Our intention to work with Langley with Hardley Parish Council as a joint initiative has been hampered by their having had just one Parish Council meeting in the past 8 months, with no date yet available for the Annual Parish Meeting or Annual PC Meeting (which has to take place in May). We will need to discuss at our next meeting on 26 May whether to approach the authorities on our own.
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Speeding in the village – March 2021 update
The SAM2 has just completed its first month back in Claxton after 3 months in Langley with Hardley. We have it until the end of May. The location in March was the 30MPH repeater post at the Village Hall, facing towards Loddon. We have downloaded the statistics for the month and these are shown below.
The overall number of vehicles going north through the village was almost identical with November, which was also a national lockdown month. Almost the same percentage (95.2% against 95.7% in November) went through at 35MPH and under, even if one vehicle in five of these was over the legal limit of 30MPH.
427 passed this point at a speed of 36 MPH or above, 70 of which were above 40MPH, for which there is no excuse – just a regular and flagrant disregard of the law and speed limits and the safety of other road users, including families and the elderly.
Our intention to work with Langley with Hardley Parish Council as a joint initiative has been hampered by their having had just one Parish Council meeting in the past 7 months. We will need to discuss at our next meeting in May whether to approach the authorities on our own.
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Emergency road closure in Claxton – repair to ditch collapse
Owing to works to repair a ditch collapse next to the road edge due to water scour, the use by vehicles of the C202 The Street from its junction with U76328 Folly Lane north westwards for a distance of 528m in the PARISH OF CLAXTON will be temporarily prohibited from 24th February 2021 to 1st March 2021 for the duration of the works, expected to be about 6 days within the period.
Further details and alternative route map
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Speeding in the village – November 2020 update
The SAM2 moves to Langley with Hardley this week until the end of February. The location in November was the 30MPH repeater post on The Warren, facing north towards Rockland and Norwich. We have downloaded the statistics for the month and these are shown below.
The overall number of vehicles going north through the village was higher than last month but some 82% of the September figure (11,066). The only obvious reason for this is that November saw the second Covid-19 lockdown. Nonetheless the figures are much higher than back in the Spring.
The findings themselves mirror October to a large extent, with less than 300 vehicles passing this point at a speed of 36 MPH or above, one-third of the number in September. 4 out of every 5 drivers adhered to the 30MPH speed limit while 4/5 of those who didn’t were also once again in the “just above” bracket of 31-35 MPH.
Of the 31 instances of cars going through in excess of 45MPH only 2 were in daylight hours (0940 and 1345). And the two driving at between 51-55MPH came through at 1950 on Monday 2 November and 1725 on Saturday 7 November. There is no discernible pattern – just a regular and flagrant disregard of the law and speed limits and the safety of other road users, including families and the elderly.
Our intention to work with Langley with Hardley Parish Council as a joint initiative was hampered by the absence of any reporting data from their recent 3-month deployment (June to August). We shall be asking for their current thinking on next steps.
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Recent Road Traffic incidents
This is traditionally a time when heavy rainfall, coupled with mud and sand on the road and cooler temperatures can turn road surfaces into skating rinks, or at least make them greasier and more slippery than we have seen for a while.
This morning two vehicles collided on Chapel Road in Ashby St Mary, not far from the junction with Chapel Lane and near the fibre broadband roadside cabinet No6. One of the vehicles was reportedly travelling far too fast on such a narrow road and could not stop in time. No-one was hurt but the vehicle which was hit was rendered undriveable. The other vehicle then drove off, to be seen later by a dog walker who narrowly escaped being hit. No-one managed to get the registration number. The vehicle is a silver grey Ford Mondeo and has damage to its radiator and front right (offside) headlight.
Just 2 days ago a vehicle crossed the humpback bridge at the Loddon end of the village travelling fast enough that when they collided with one of the telegraph poles on the left-hand side of the road, the impact ripped the fibre cable from its moorings all the way back into Claxton as far as The Warren. Again, no-one was hurt but the car was badly damaged and the authorities were on the scene fairly fast. Openreach are part way through relocating the fibre cable at the top of a number of telegraph poles. Telephone services were interrupted but thankfully not for long.
Both incidents happened because drivers were not paying enough attention to the road and most likely because of excessive speed. We have a large number of young families in the village these days, as well as a sizeable number of senior citizens who will not be as sprightly as they once were. We don’t want to be reporting on serious injuries, let alone anything worse, so could we please ask everyone who uses our roads to
SLOW DOWN!
