Hinckley Times

Locations of the cameras in the county

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B4114 Coventry Road and Leicester Road, Sharnford Speed limit: 30mph. The council says there are longstandi­ng community concerns about speed on the downhill stretch, where monitoring shows the average speed is 31.2mph. 15 per cent of cars travel at 36mph or more. Five-year casualty rate: One slight injury. Beacon Road, Woodhouse Eaves Speed limit: 30mph. The average speed of vehicles on this road is 32.9mph and 15 per cent of them travel at 41.4mph or more. Five-year casualty rate: One slight accident. Burton Road, Measham Speed limit: 30mph. Community speedwatch teams regularly monitor traffic on this road. The average speed of vehicles is 42.8mph. Fifteen per cent of motorists travel at 50mph. Five-year casualty rate: Three slight injuries, two serious injuries. A4304 Lutterwort­h Road, Walcote Speed limit: 30mph. The average speed of vehicles recorded on this stretch of road is 35.4mph. Fifteen per cent of them travel at 39mph. Five-year casualty rate: One serious injury and one slight injury. B676 Saxby Road, Freeby Speed limit: 40mph. This stretch of road has an accident rate of 390 per billion vehicle kilometres. The average for similar rural routes is 267. Five-year casualty rate: Three fatal accidents, four serious accidents, seven slight accidents. A6 Harborough Road and Glen Road, Oadby Speed limit: 40mph. About 20,000 vehicles a day use this stretch. More that 800 of them have been recorded exceeding 50mph. Five-year casualty rate: One fatal accident, two serious injuries, 14 slight injuries. A50 Leicester Road, Markfield Road, Bradgate Hill, Groby A stretch of road used by more than 25,000 vehicles a day. Five-year casualty rate: One fatal accident, one serious accident, 11 slight accidents.

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