PCSOs from the Morecambe Neighbourhood Police Team has conducted a community road watch operation on Woodlands Drive in Heysham, which has a speed limit of 20mph, following concerns raised be residents.  

They used a speed gun to check the speeds of vehicles driving along Woodland Drive over a period of time. 25 vehicles were clocked speeding over 23mph, with 17 of those doing 25mph or more and 4 of those doing over 30!  All will receive warning letters which will be issued by Lancashire Road Safety Partnership.

The Morecambe Neighbourhood Police Team will continue to conduct similar road watch operations in and around Morecambe

If you want to raise an issue regarding speeding vehicles in your area, please report to Lancaster Road Safety Partnership and they will carry out an assessment to see if it requires to be added to our Community Road Watch Plan.  We will then happily carry out some speed checks. Please click the link below.

Lancashire Road Safety Partnership – Making Lancashire's Roads Safer (lancsroadsafety.co.uk)