ACCIDENTS ON LOW STREET/MILFORD ROAD, SOUTH MILFORD
Prior to speed bumps (Average speed 30+ mph)
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Date
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Location and details
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Injuries
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Accidents per year
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4/4/97
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Common Lane/Low Street
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1 slight
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2
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26/8/97
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Sand Lane/Low Street
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1 slight
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28/6/98
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Sand Lane/Low Street (overtaking)
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1 slight
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1
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30/8/99
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BP Garage on Low Street (first entry after roundabout)
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1 serious
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1
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15/3/00
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Low Street near Beech Drive (overtaking)
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1 slight
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2
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7/8/00
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Bad road Low Street (just SM side of r'bridge)
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1 slight
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*3/3/01
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ICY road Low Street (by the Swan) skidding DARK
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1 slight
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1
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*17/5/02
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Milford Road (Milford side of r'bridge) Veh hit parked cars
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1 serious
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2
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*18/8/02
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Low Street by Garage. Vehicle lost control. DARK
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1 serious
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*5/8/03
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Sand Lane/Low Street. M'bike hit by car coming out of Sand Lane
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1 fatal
1 slight
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1
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TOTAL for the 7 years
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11
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10
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After speed bumps (Average speed 25+ mph)
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Date
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Location and details
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Injuries
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Accidents per year
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*31/5/04
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Low Street Bus stop by (Bramble Cottage)
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2 OAPs slight
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4
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*29/7/04
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BP Garage on Low Street (overtaking)
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1 slight
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*31/7/04
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Low Street Sherburn side of railway bridge. M'bike passenger thrown
from bike due to speed bumps
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1 slight
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*5/11/04
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Low Street near Beech Drive. Hits n/side kerb & looses control
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1 slight
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*21/5/05
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Low Street outside No 48. Veh hits parked cars DARK &WET
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1 serious 1 child slight
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2
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*14/9/05
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Low Street 25 m S of Beech Drive. Car drove over foot of ped
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1 slight
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*27/8/06
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Low Street/High Street. Veh overtaking parked cars collides with
oncoming m'bike in centre of road
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1 slight
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1
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TOTAL for the 3 years
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9
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7
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Brief summary taken from detailed NYCC Highways data up
to end November 06
*Denotes information supplied by NYCC directly to The Village People.
We have no information on accidents where there were no injuries
Prior to speed bumps 7 years (April 97 to April 04) 10 accidents
11 injuries = 7 slight, 3 serious and 1 fatality
After speed bumps 3 years(May 04 to April 07) 7 accidents
9injuries = 8 slight and 1 serious
The accident ratio prior to speed bumps was 1 or 2 per year,
since the speed bumps there were 4 accidents in the first year, 2 in the
second, and 1 in the third , ie 4 accidents (4 injuries) in the 3 years
prior to speed bumps and 7 accidents (9 injuries) in the 3 years since.
+Black spot
Sand Lane/Low Street/BP Garage 35% of the total accidents occurred here.
60% of the serious accidents.
4 July 2007
Safety & Security Group
The Village People
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