Slow down!: Camera van deployed to speeding hotspot in Skegness area

Data gathered by the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership has earmarked Burgh Road as in need of a van to keep the A158 safe.

The action follows the installation by the Partnership of Archers Kits on Burgh Road, Drummond Road and Queens Road, Skegness, and also on Skegness Road, Burgh Le Marsh.

Archers Kits provide valuable data in relation to number of vehicles passing their location, average speed of vehicles and number of vehicles travelling above the posted speed limit.

Analysis of the data is being used to plan speed enforcement operations in these areas.

The action comes in spite of the national speed enforcement campaign which took place earlier in the year, .

Skegness Neighbourhood Policing Team have continued to receive numerous reports from residents expressing concern regarding vehicles travelling at excess speed.

Local officers also supported the #ProjectEDWARD campaign during week commencing 14th September 2020. Project EDWARD stands for Every Day Without A Road Death

During this week long campaign local officers visited – Burgh Road, Beacon Way, Wainfleet Road, Skegness and Skegness Road, Burgh Le Marsh. These roads all have a 30mph speed limit and are areas highlighted to the police by local residents as being areas where speeding is commonplace.

During the four days of this ProjectEDWARD operation, police issued eight Traffic Offence Reports and two reports for summons. 20 additional vehicles were stopped, documents checked and drivers advised.

The excessive speeds recorded during the operation were between 39mph – 62mph.

PCSO Bunker said “We have had a large response on our team Social media twitter accounts @SkegnessPolice and @PCSO_Bunker with overwhelmingly positive comments and also numerous passers-by spoke with me at the roadside expressing their support for our proactive approach.

“I have received contact on social media from the ProjectEdward admin team expressing their thanks for us supporting their initiative. As part of this yearly week of action ProjectEDWARD runs a “road show” where they travel around the country visiting a number of towns and cities to raise awareness of road safety.

"I have invited them to visit Skegness during their 2021 road show and they have agreed to do this in principle."

Police would like to remind motorists of the devastating impact speeding can have, not only increasing the risk of a collision but the severity of the impact at higher speeds. A spokesman said: "We know the vast majority of our road users are safe and drive within speed limits and we are grateful to everyone who supports our campaigns and our work to reduce the amount of people who are killed or seriously injured on our roads."

Figures show that on average 17 people are killed and 126 are seriously injured every month in the UK, where speeding is believed to have been a significant factor. At 30 mph, vehicles are travelling about 3 car lengths each second (about 44 feet/13.4 metres).

Even in good conditions, the difference in stopping distance between 30 mph and 35 mph is more than two car lengths (an extra 21 feet or 6.4 metres) This may make all the difference in avoiding a collision.