Community Speedwatch. We need your support.

The Community Speedwatch Scheme has been operating in Cropredy since the beginning of 2022. This initiative was established in response to the feedback that Cropredy Parish Council had received to their questionnaire survey – October 2021 and fully endorsed during the following Open Day events. In the feedback 73% of respondents said that reducing speeding traffic in the village must be a high priority and 78% of those would support a 20mph speed limit!

In the 12 months prior to the 20mph speed limit going live, a group of 8 volunteers did weekly speed check sessions in one of 3 registered locations either Station Road, Williamscot Road or Claydon Road. You may have seen us in our Hi-Viz jackets recording 242 speed offenders at an average of 20 each month. These offenders were recorded on the Community Speedwatch website that is managed and reviewed by Thames Valley Police (TVP).

I am now looking for some additional volunteers in order for us to maintain this activity which has received a lot of positive feedback from those of you that have seen us in action. We have been operating with 3 volunteers on each speed check session which is the minimum number accepted by TVP. The schedule for these speed check sessions is clearly dependent upon the number of volunteers. If we are to continue with this, the current team of 5 volunteers would need some support. I am optimistic that there will be a number of parishioners who believe this is a worthwhile initiative and would be prepared to volunteer their support accordingly.

If you are interested in volunteering, please give me a call and we can talk it through.

Cllr Des Knight

01295 750725

07990 588392