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Speed limit signs are covered
Sent to Oxfordshire County Council 1 minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 5941844.
There are 2 20 mph signs at the residential road crossing area for bishops farm mill, witan way, ox28 4DG that are now completely covered by overgrown tree’s. We are unable to cross safely and it’s a popular crossing for young children riding their bikes at the meadow..
Please could they be cleared or even better relocated closer to the pedestrian crossing area
Thank you for your time and help in advance Warm wishes Tania
Council ref: ENQ241003408
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Apologies I forgot to say I think clearer visibility of the 20mph signs are very important in this area and I don’t think the signs are in the best location in general.
There is a blind corner when crossing opposite the mill and cars are often doing 30-40mph or more around the bend … as residents we would love the opportunity to point at the speed limit sign rather than get all the hand gestures and abuse we get when trying to remind drivers of the speed limit in that area. Not only for residents but for all the dog walkers and children crossing to access the popular meadow. Thank you so much for your time. All warm wishes Tania
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I was crossing the road at the marked pedestrians crossing with my young daughter … a car stopped to the left to allow me to cross . The car around the blind corner was doing 50mph (as standard on this road) and we had run back and narrowly missed a serious accident and 4 car pile up of the other cars doing 50 mph …. Trees have completely overgrown the legal speed limit signs now.
As all residents and pedestrians to the meadow , children , dog walkers and runners are getting very concerned. Like lots of this it seems it will take a serious accident to happen and we don’t want that so are discussing having to try cut the trees back ourselves but the location of the sign is not safe in general it very close to the road … these signs need to be reallocated to the crossing before someone gets hurt or killed please
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I would support a crossing here for reasons of convenience, but don't think speeding cars are as much a problem for pedestrians as the cyclists on the footway going to Sainsbury's or the mud path along the river to the leisure centre are. Vehicles are speeding because the speed limit is set unrealistically low on Station Lane & Witan Way.
It appears OCC rarely make evidence-based decisions these days, but it is interesting to note that there were NO accident injuries to pedestrians, children or cyclists recorded at this location in the 24 years to 2022, when the speed limit was 30 MPH.
In 2018, when the limit was 30 MPH, an OCC traffic survey outside St Mary's Mead conducted over 26 days showed the average vehicle speed to be under the speed limit on every single day.
Another OCC survey in the same location conducted in June 2023, when the limit was still 30 MPH, showed a 7-day average speed of 27.1 MPH northbound & 27.7 MPH southbound.
More 20 MPH signs will make no difference to the small minority of boy-racers who recklessly exceed the speed limit nor the vast majority who stay under 30 MPH. The perceived speeding problem has been created by the introduction of unrealistic 20 MPH limits. Pedestrians are as safe as they have always been.
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