Speeding on Knowles Hill
As part of its ongoing campaign to reduce speeding around the village the Parish Council, in conjunction with the Civic Trust, installed a speed indicator device on Knowles Hill. The results of the first 2 months, whilst not altogether surprising, are nevertheless deeply disturbing.
Published: 16 October 2025
The following statistics have been taken from the first two months worth of data.
| Total cars by date | |
| Month | No of cars |
| Aug | 24398 |
| Sep | 24427 |
| Oct | 1263 |
| Grand Total | 50088 |
A total of just over 50,000 cars have passed the device since it was installed, averaging around 900 per day. This shows just how busy the road is before the addition of significant new housing on Rolleston Road. The speed at the top of Knowles Hill, approaching the village, is shown in the table below:
| Speed | No of cars | Speed | No of cars |
| Below 20 | 1351 | 46-50 | 90 |
| 21-25 | 6742 | 51-55 | 21 |
| 26-30 | 24697 | 56-60 | 8 |
| 31-35 | 14049 | 61-65 | 3 |
| 36-40 | 2682 | 86-90 | 1 |
| 41-45 | 444 |
Sadly this shows that around 30% of cars were breaking the speed limit. Many of these would face points on their licenses and even disqualification in some cases, especially the one travelling at 88mph, quite unbelievable. Even worse is the fact that despite seeing their speed displayed, many don’t attempt to slow down and with the impact of the downhill actually speed up as they pass the device, as shown below:
| Speed | No of Cars | Speed | No of Cars |
| Below 20 | 2385 | 46-50 | 229 |
| 21-25 | 3384 | 51-55 | 54 |
| 26-30 | 20760 | 56-60 | 27 |
| 31-35 | 16602 | 61-65 | 15 |
| 36-40 | 5360 | 66-70 | 2 |
| 41-45 | 1269 | 86-90 | 1 |
All of this data has been passed to the appropriate authorities who are taking this into account in forthcoming traffic calming measures which will shortly be proposed to the village. We will continue to monitor this and keep the authorities updated as we look to make our village a safer place to live.