Telent Road Safety Champions: Miranda's Story

I live at the edge of a small village in Lincolnshire within half a mile of a secondary and primary school. Children regularly use a busy junction near to our home to cross the road to school. Over time we noticed how unsafe the junction was and saw an opportunity to make the road a safer place for vulnerable road users, particularly for local school children.

Within six months of moving into our new home in the village, we witnessed far too many near misses and felt concerned about our own two boys travelling to and from school.

We contacted East Lindsay Council, the Highways Agency and Lincolnshire Police Force and invited them all to a meeting at our house for them to witness the speed of traffic and unsafe activity at the junction.

Despite some delays as a result of COVID, the council secured funding for the Highways Agency to implement our changes proposed, fully supported by the police.

As a result of our intervention, the following changes were implemented in July 2022, making the village a safer place to live and travel through:

Unconsciously speeding drivers are now encouraged to play close attention to their speed and slow down before they enter the village. Residents have definitely noticed a difference and are encouraged by the results so far. The new layout for children and other vulnerable road users is greatly welcomed by all residents and my children feel like they can cross the road safely as they can now clearly see oncoming traffic.