SAM2 Results
The Parish Council has recently purchased a new mobile Speed Awareness Message (SAM2) with the help of a grant from the Parish Partnership. It will be moved to different locations around the parish. The SAM2 flashes up vehicle speeds and a warning to 'slow down' if they are exceeding the limit. This helps to raise speed awareness among drivers. It also records the time, date and speed of the vehicle. It does not record vehicle licence plates.
The 85th percentile is used extensively in decision making as it is indicative of the speed that the majority of road users are travelling at. Use of the 85th percentile speed concept is based on the theory that:
The large majority of drivers:
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are reasonable and prudent
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do not want to have a crash
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desire to reach their destination in the shortest possible time.
A speed at or below which 85 percent of people drive at any given location under good weather and visibility conditions may be considered as the maximum safe speed for that location.
Results of the SAM2 - please contact the Clerk to receive the results and graphs in more detail:
Walsingham Road opposite The Lodge facing towards Burnham Market
The summary is as follows:
Traffic Report from 30th November 2020 to 10th January 2021
85th Percentile Speed 30 mph
Max Speed 55 mph on 19th December 2020 at 8pm
Total Vehicles 5004
Walsingham Road, near Pub, facing towards Burnham Market
The summary is as follows
Traffic Report from 4th September 2020 to 3rd October 2020
85th Percentile Speed 28.1 mph
Max Speed 45 mph on 9th September 2020
Total Vehicles 7390
Lowes Lane
The summary is as follows:
Traffic Report from 22nd July 2020 to 28th August 2020
85th Percentile Speed 26.8 mph
Max speed 40mph on 23rd July 2020
Total vehicles 1917
Goodricks Results
The summary is as follows :
Traffic Report From 28/08/2019 to 02/10/2019
85th Percentile Speed 29.2 MPH
85th Percentile Vehicles 1592
Max Speed 45 MPH on 05/09/2019 at 13:25:00
Total Vehicles1873
Walsingham Road opp The Lodge
The summary is as follows:
Traffic Report From 03/10/2019 to 02/11/2019
85th Percentile Speed 32.4 MPH
85th Percentile Vehicles 3267
Max Speed 60 MPH on 06/10/2019 02:05:00
Total Vehicles3843
Walsingham Rad opp Whitehall Farm
Summary is as follows:
Traffic Report From 04/11/2019 to 02/12/2019
85th Percentile Speed 36.4 MPH
85th Percentile Vehicles 3175
Max Speed 55 MPH on 19/11/2019 14:25:00
Total Vehicles 3735
If there are any queries regarding the SAM2 results please contact the clerk.