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Speeding in Clive - latest VAS data

By Lydia Bardsley (Clerk) Clive Parish Council

Friday, 18 August 2023

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As you will all know, Clive Parish Council has installed 2 vehicle activated speed (VAS) signs in the parish, one near Quarry View and one on Station Road, and is hoping to install a third on Wem Road.

Councillors have been downloading and analysing data from the two existing VAS signs and wanted to share a summary of the latest data, which has also been shared with the local police Safer Neighbourhood Team. Moving forwards we aim to download and review the data every quarter.

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VAS Traffic Data. Councillors have extracted the latest data from both VAS signs from both locations for the first half of 2023 and the second half reports from 2022 for ccomparison.
Headlines are:

  1. Speeding is more prevalent on Quarry view where >20% of all vehicles are in excess of 35 mph. For Station road, this figure is c.7% but still represents more than 1:20.
  2. For Station Road, the overall vehicle count has dropped from 12124 to 9681. This doesn't represent a like-for-like period so may be of limited use but it does show the morning peak (0800-0900) exceeds the afternoon peak (1500-1600) suggesting an eastbound flow through the village in the mornings.
  3. The Quarry View sign recorded 29164 vehicles in the second half of 2022 rising to 44089 for the first 6 months of 2023. It should be borne in mind that this VAS was offline for a significant period last year so this is not likely to reflect accurate numbers. However, the afternoon peaks exceed the morning peaks suggesting the flow of traffic is westbound through the village in the afternoons.
  4. In targeting offenders, we have suggested to the police that AM rush-hour traffic eastbound (Station Rd) and PM rush-hour traffic westbound (Quarry View) would be our priorities. Of these, Quarry View comprises the higher proportion of excessive speed counts.
To find out more about speeding concerns in Clive and how you can help tackle this, please visit our Speed Concerns webpage and consider joining the Clive Community Speed Watch.

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Lydia Bardsley (Clerk)

  • 01691 674742

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