Response details: Dear Cllr Stephanos Ioannou,
Thank you for your enquiry.
I note the report of high speeds on Winchmore Hill Road. Enforcement of speed limits falls to the police, and residents can contact them about the possibility of a Community Roadwatch operation for such streets. Community Roadwatch aims to reduce speeding in residential areas and gives local residents the opportunity to work side by side with their local Police teams, using speed detection equipment to identify speeding vehicles in their communities.
To take part in Community Roadwatch, or to suggest a residential area where there are community concerns around speeding, members of the public can contact CommunityRoadwatch@met.police.uk stating the borough where they live. Enquiries are forwarded to the relevant local MPS Safer Transport Team, who will be in touch.
The public can also report dangerous, illegal, or antisocial road user behaviour directly to the Police via their online reporting tool, RoadSafe London. Every report helps the Police to understand where and when bad road user behaviour takes place, enabling resources to be targeted accordingly.
In terms of the Council placing traffic calming on Winchmore Hill Road, this is not a likely short-term prospect. The need to accommodate buses restricts the options available. More fundamentally, the Council only has access to modest funding for standalone casualty reduction measures. Accordingly it continues to prioritise those streets that attract the most road user injuries. Breaking the borough network down into its 156 busiest sections of street, Winchmore Hill Road does not fall inside the top 100 in terms of the number of road user injuries. While this may offer some reassurance to its residents, it does mean that speed and casualty reduction measures are unlikely to be introduced here in the coming years.
Regards
Traffic Engineering Manager
Environment and Communities Directorate
Enfield Council
Dear Stephanos Iannou,
I cannot thank you enough for posting the article/comment about the speeding in Winchmore Hill and Southgate Highstreet (and surrounding areas!) – and not giving up! I commute by car every single day through these streets and experience on a daily basis these killers on our roads (a worsening and incredibly concerning scenario everywhere!), and just want them off our streets! There is a ‘thuggish’ behaviour prevalent more than ever in almost every aspect of life in today’s society, and a complete change of attitude with the younger generations who for the majority don’t have the same moral compass about anything. Traffic offences are most certainly one of the areas that need massively improving. Working in one of the Enfield (large!) schools, and with the case of an 8-year old child being killed only last year in Winchmore Hill Road, I feel more than strongly about this issue! I do what I can on a personal level to deter and stop these thugs from continuing, however it is almost always met with vile and very rude behaviour in return (that doesn’t deter me though). Please do continue to campaign for this, I feel the criminals know they can ‘win’ as the resources quite simply aren’t there to battle all of this (the list is long when it comes to offences just to do with driving…..speeding, on mobile phones, etc. etc.) but we cannot let this continue!
Good afternoon
Thank you for your comments, which I have fully acknowledged.
I will continue to ask for speeding calming measures down this road.
Hi I am living Southgate whincmore hill rd We need speed cameras 🎥 or Ramp for road safety please because drivers are very bad and they faster that road please help us out thank