Speed camera catches 1,300 drivers a day
About 1,300 motorists a day are breaking the 30mph speed limit on a main road through a village in Shropshire, it has been revealed.
One driver was clocked travelling at 58mph on St Martins Road in Gobowen, near Oswestry, despite a high-profile anti-speed campaign.
Bosses at the Safer Roads Partnership in West Mercia, who have sited a speed van on the road on a regular basis since October 2011, have vowed to carry on catching speeding motorists until they finally obey the 'slow down' warning.
They said approximately 630 vehicles a day on average travelled above 36.8mph as they drove towards Gobowen.
Looking at vehicles travelling in both directions approximately 1,300 a day are exceeding 35.4mph, the group said. In March the speed van caught one driver travelling at 58mph and in June another driver was travelling at 48mph.
The safety partnership says 15 per cent of drivers are still travelling along the road too fast more than a year after the speed vans were brought in.
Anna Higgins, the partnership's communications manager, said: "In Gobowen, 15 per cent of drivers travelling towards St Martins are still exceeding 36.8mph and data suggests almost 80 per cent of offenders are from Shropshire.
"We will continue to target this road."
Shropshire councillor David Lloyd, who represents the Gobowen area, said: "There has been a perceptible improvement in driver behaviour on this busy route into the village but too many drivers are still failing to heed the well-signed speed limit."
By Iain St John
