ILMINSTER NEWS: Speeding problems on busy Station Road

THOUSANDS of drivers were clocked speeding along Station Road in Ilminster during a two-week investigation before Christmas.

A speed indicator device, more commonly known as a SID, was placed in the busy Station Road between November 29 and December 13, 2016, and noted 34,316 vehicle movements.

Cllr Linda Vijeh, who represents Ilminster at Somerset County Council, said that 3,502 were travelling at over 40mph in the 30mph zone.

The average speed of motorist was found to be just over the 30mph limit, while 85 per cent of those were not found to be going above 37mph.

The problem of speeding along Station Road in Ilminster – a main route into the town – is nothing new.

Last year members of Ilminster Town Council were horrified when they found out that SID readings carried out over a two-week period in November 2015 had clocked 21,505 recorded speeds of between 30mp and 40mph along that stretch of road.

Similar problems of speeding are also being experienced in Broadway and Donyatt where latest SID readings monitored average speeds of 37mph and 35mph respectively. But motorists are more careful in Ashill where the average speed was 29mph.

The SID machines are placed in locations where there is believed to be speeding problems and records not only the actual speeds but makes drivers aware if they are going too fast.

It has been called the “friendly art of traffic calming.”

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