Road Safety Update

Road Safety Update

I wanted to provide you with an update regarding Road safety issues (Speeding), which people around your area have highlighted as an issue of concern on the priority survey.

🚦 Community Speedwatch – Making Roads Safer
Kent Police runs Community Speedwatch, a volunteer-led initiative focused on reducing speeding and improving safety.

What is Speedwatch?
👥 Local volunteers, trained by Kent Police, monitor speeds at approved sites (20, 30, or 40 mph zones) using certified equipment.
📋 Details of speeding vehicles are securely logged for 12 months. Repeat or excessive offenders may receive advisory letters—and in some cases, personal visits from officers.

Important:
Speedwatch is educational, not enforcement. No fines or penalty points are issued directly, but the data helps target police action and inform road safety improvements.

✅ Does it work?
Yes! Over 90% of drivers recorded speeding once are not seen again within 12 months, and overall speeding reduces in communities over time.

📍 Want to help?
If you can spare an hour a week, join us!
👉 www.kent.police.uk/speedwatch

Today, your local Beat Officers conducted proactive speed enforcement operations at a number of locations across the ward in response to concerns raised by residents regarding vehicle speeds. During these checks, a number of motorists were found to be travelling in excess of the posted speed limits and were issued with the appropriate enforcement tickets.

Speeding remains one of the main contributing factors in road traffic collisions and significantly increases both the likelihood of a collision occurring and the severity of injuries sustained. Speed limits are in place to protect all road users, including pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and other motorists. Even small reductions in vehicle speed can have a significant impact on reducing the risk of serious injury or death.

We regularly carry out enforcement and educational activities across the ward to improve road safety and address concerns raised by our communities. We would like to thank those members of the public who continue to report concerns to us, and raise issues through the MyCommunityVoice survey. Your information helps us identify problem locations and target our patrols where they are most needed.

Please visit our Road Safety page on our website - https://www.kent.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/rs/road-safety/ for further information.

If you ever experience this issue or have information regarding an incident, please report it using our online reporting tools at https://www.kent.police.uk, speak to an operator in our Force Communications Room via our online web chat or call the non-emergency number 101.

Get Involved

Please consider getting involved by registering for these messages, this will enable you to contribute to the local priority survey.  We may be unaware of issues that you would like us to focus on.  Take a few minutes to securely and privately register and have your say using the button below, this will mean we can focus on things that matter to you. 

Please click here to complete the survey