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1 Castle Hill Road

Reported via desktop in the Road Surface category anonymously at 13:42, Tuesday 7 January 2025

Sent to Central Bedfordshire Council less than a minute later. Council ref: 416638.

Cars are continuing to speed around this sharp bend. A crash happened on 6/1/25 when I was putting my baby daughter in the car and it came up onto our drive, just missing us. This is the second incident since we moved here in August and a car ploughed into our front. We'd like more speeding measures in place or fences to keep our home safe.

Updates

  • State changed to: Investigating

    Updated by Central Bedfordshire Council at 13:42, Tuesday 7 January 2025

  • Thank you for contacting us with information relating to a Highways issue. Requests for speed limit changes/traffic calming will be reviewed and prioritised accordingly against all other requests across the county. We do not alter speed limits based on the perception of an issue. Requests will be reviewed based on a number of factors including collision history and independent traffic volume and speed counts over a 7 day, 24 hour period, along with meeting suitability with DfT guidance and prioritised accordingly. Should the request meet all the criteria it may be added to the Capital Works Programme for future years.

    State changed to: Open

    Posted by Central Bedfordshire Council at 10:41, Tuesday 21 January 2025

  • Just wondering what it.ll take for anything to be done about this? Will a third car need to crash into the house or will someone have to be seriously injured first? This bend is also near a school and opposite a park.

    It also isn.t logged here but the previous owners had to replace the wall near the gate before we moved in in 2023 as a car crashed into it.

    Posted by Central Bedfordshire Council at 12:15, Tuesday 21 January 2025

  • Just wondering what it’ll take for anything to be done about this? Will a third car need to crash into the house or will someone have to be seriously injured first? This bend is also near a school and opposite a park.

    It also isn’t logged here but the previous owners had to replace the wall near the gate before we moved in in 2023 as a car crashed into it.

    Posted anonymously at 12:15, Tuesday 21 January 2025

  • Thank you for contacting us. Unfortunately this issue does not come under the responsibility of our Highways Area teams, however, we have forwarded this report to our the team that specalises in assessing Road Safety within Central Bedfordshire Council and they will be able to update moving forward.

    Many thanks,
    Central Bedfordshire Council Highways

    State changed to: Internal referral

    Posted by Central Bedfordshire Council at 10:26, Friday 2 May 2025

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