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SAFETY ON THE A37 ROAD

• Detailed feedback from Avon and Somerset Constabulary (map of accident locations plus accident statistics from the Avon Safety Camera Partnership)

Summary of findings (survey May - July 2008)

• 93 per cent of respondents think there is a problem with speeding traffic in one or more places on this stretch of road. Just four per cent think there is not a problem.

• 60 per cent of respondents think current speed limits on the road are ineffective (15 per cent say they're 'completely ineffective'). Just one third consider them effective (four per cent say 'very effective'; 30 per cent 'quite effective').

• When given a short list of possible measures that might help remedy the problem of speeding traffic on this road, people's responses were as follows. Please note that people were able to select more than one from the list if they wished. The figures below indicate the percentages of survey respondents who ticked each particular option:
  - 48 per cent wanted fixed speed cameras
  - 34 per cent of all respondents favour more flashing speed signs
  - 18 per cent favour mobile speed camera patrols
  - 39 per cent ticked 'Other' (see below)

• The main ideas suggested as 'Other' possible remedy measures were:
  - Lower speed limits and more enforcement (23 per cent mentioned this)
  - By-pass (13 per cent)
  - More traffic lights / islands (8 per cent)
  - More speed humps / sleeping policemen (7 per cent)
  - More double white lines (5 per cent)
  - Wider pavements (4 per cent)
  - Amongst other possible remedies mentioned by more than one respondent were: One way systems, more pedestrian crossings, signs saying how many people have died on the road in the last five years and dummy speed traps

• The survey also contained a map of the stretch of A37 between Temple Cloud and Whitchurch. Respondents were invited to use this map to pinpoint any specific locations where they consider problems and dangers are greatest. Geographic areas where the greatest clusters of marks were placed included Clutton and Temple Cloud villages, Hursley Hill, the stretch between Clutton and Chelwood roundabout, and Whitchurch village close to the primary school. However, the greatest concentration of concerns were focused in and around Pensford.