More than 770 volunteers in 62 groups across Northamptonshire have been helping to improve road safety after taking part in the 2019 Community Speed Watch programme.
PFCC Stephen Mold with the Earls Barton Speedwatch volunteers
Volunteers from 62 Community Speed Watch groups work alongside the Northamptonshire Safer Roads Alliance to reduce speeding across the county.
Community Speed Watch sees residents trained to use speed detection devices to monitor vehicles travelling through their towns and villages on roads with limits of 20, 30 and 40mph.
The registered keeper of any vehicle caught speeding receives a warning letter to increase awareness of the dangers of speeding and encourage them to slow down.
Between April and November, a total of 686 Community Speed Watch sessions were carried out by the groups, which resulted in 4,875 warning letters being sent to drivers caught speeding.
Alongside this, members of the Northamptonshire Police’s Safer Roads Team have completed 756 enforcement sessions in these communities during 2019, which resulted in more than 10,000 offences being detected and processed for prosecution.
The fees paid by speeding motorists who attend speed workshops makes up the Commissioner’s Road Safety Community Fund for good causes.
Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold said: “People have told me that safe and responsible road use is a major concern for them. Community Speed Watch is a great way to get involved and play a part in creating a safer county and I have been privileged to visit several Speed Watch groups to see them in action.”
