The council has officially approved the implementation of the traffic calming measures we requested for Pannal Ash Road. Your commitment to this cause was instrumental in securing a safer environment for our local students and residents. I will remain vigilant to ensure the agreed improvements are completed according to the …
July 23, 2021
Final supporters
UPDATE 17/06/21
Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition and commented. The support has been amazing and made us even more determined to try to make Pannal Ash Road and the surrounding roads safe for those doing the school run and for residents. Today we have emailed the NYP Traffic Management Officer to ask for an occasional police officer presence with speed gun. This is to act as a deterrent to those who don't need to use the road but are cutting through, and to make drivers aware of the speed limit. We have also contacted Area 6 to ask them to carry out a survey of the signage, road markings, road conditions etc to make general but much needed improvements. We hope by contacting NYP Traffic Management we can temporarily slow traffic to around the speed limit and that Area 6 will find a more permanent solution including a safe crossing at the Pannal Ash Drive end of Pannal Ash Road, improved signage and road markings and improved road conditions. Once again, thank you for your support and we will update on here.
In a recent North Yorkshire County Council speed survey 80% of drivers were exceeding the 20 mph speed limit on Pannal Ash Road (on one day for example, out of 3974 vehicles using the road only 366 adhered to the speed limit, with 2995 travelling at 20-30 miles per hour and 613 travelling between 30-50 mph). Children ranging in age from 4 years old to 18 years old from four schools use this road on a daily basis. 10 years ago a child was hit by a car on the road, thankfully they made a good recovery and some speed measures were put in place after this. These have recently been removed due to cost issues and on the basis that this is a self-enforcing 20 mph road despite the results of speed checks showing the opposite. At 20 miles per hour there is a 95% chance of survival when hit by a vehicle, this drops to 55% at 30 miles per hour and only 5% survival rate at 40 mph. Given the number of children using the road and the lack of adherence to the speed limit it is essential that other measures are taken. Please sign our petition to show your support for making the journeys to and from school safer for children who use Pannal Ash Road. Thank you.
Updates
May 25, 2021
The momentum behind this petition highlights the widespread concern regarding safety on Pannal Ash Road. This attention ensures that local authorities will be forced to acknowledge our collective demand for safer streets.
Reached 100 supporters
May 25, 2021
41 Comments
I don't know how we managed to cross to school before John the lollypop man was employed. With all the new houses being built this is going to get worse. The 20mph limit is entirely ignored even when walking with small children to primary school.
Also needs resurfacing - there are a number of sections of broken surface and pot holes which, in the case of an emergency, would increase braking distances in addition to the risk presented by a high proportion of vehicles travelling at excess speed.
The speed limit should be enforced. Riding a bike on Pannal Ash Road, you always get close passes. I believe this is partly due to the central hatching, that people are reluctant to cross. Proper cycle tracks are needed, with physical protection from motor vehicles.
The speeding on Pannal Ash Road, Harlow Crescent and Harlow Avenue is nothing short of disgraceful. I worry constantly for my children who now want to walk to and from school on their own. My daughter was nearly run over on Harlow Avenue by a speeding car only a few weeks ago. Please please can you do something to protect our children.
I use this road regularly to go to Ashville Sports centre. I always do 20 but people flash there headlights and try to intermediate me in to going faster. On more than one occasion the car behind has overtaken me. One car that past me then pulled into The school to drop their kids off. I’m doing 20 to keep their kids safe?
Agree with speed limit and ideally discussion on traffic calming in Arthur’s Avenue now too Challenge is that Arthur’s Avenue is being used as a rat run as no traffic calming or other . Noticed higher levels of heavy / large vehicles too Parking around hammerhead / and verges at top of Arthur’s Avenue remains an issue of safety for school drop offs and visibility for drivers A lot of unsafe parking by parents and carers not all but some which doesn’t help keep the neighbourhood on side with wider ( agreement) for maintaining traffic speed restrictions.
I support 20splenty.org in Harrogate and neighbouring towns and villages. Do you agree that 20 should be the default speed on all urban roads? To start with at least, on all school streets. NYCC police policy is to refuse to have speed cameras. Anyone know why?
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The council has officially approved the implementation of the traffic calming measures we requested for Pannal Ash Road. Your commitment to this cause was instrumental in securing a safer environment for our local students and residents. I will remain vigilant to ensure the agreed improvements are completed according to the …
July 23, 2021
Final supporters
UPDATE 17/06/21
Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition and commented. The support has been amazing and made us even more determined to try to make Pannal Ash Road and the surrounding roads safe for those doing the school run and for residents. Today we have emailed the NYP Traffic Management Officer to ask for an occasional police officer presence with speed gun. This is to act as a deterrent to those who don't need to use the road but are cutting through, and to make drivers aware of the speed limit. We have also contacted Area 6 to ask them to carry out a survey of the signage, road markings, road conditions etc to make general but much needed improvements. We hope by contacting NYP Traffic Management we can temporarily slow traffic to around the speed limit and that Area 6 will find a more permanent solution including a safe crossing at the Pannal Ash Drive end of Pannal Ash Road, improved signage and road markings and improved road conditions. Once again, thank you for your support and we will update on here.
In a recent North Yorkshire County Council speed survey 80% of drivers were exceeding the 20 mph speed limit on Pannal Ash Road (on one day for example, out of 3974 vehicles using the road only 366 adhered to the speed limit, with 2995 travelling at 20-30 miles per hour and 613 travelling between 30-50 mph). Children ranging in age from 4 years old to 18 years old from four schools use this road on a daily basis. 10 years ago a child was hit by a car on the road, thankfully they made a good recovery and some speed measures were put in place after this. These have recently been removed due to cost issues and on the basis that this is a self-enforcing 20 mph road despite the results of speed checks showing the opposite. At 20 miles per hour there is a 95% chance of survival when hit by a vehicle, this drops to 55% at 30 miles per hour and only 5% survival rate at 40 mph. Given the number of children using the road and the lack of adherence to the speed limit it is essential that other measures are taken. Please sign our petition to show your support for making the journeys to and from school safer for children who use Pannal Ash Road. Thank you.
Updates
May 25, 2021
The momentum behind this petition highlights the widespread concern regarding safety on Pannal Ash Road. This attention ensures that local authorities will be forced to acknowledge our collective demand for safer streets.
Reached 100 supporters
May 25, 2021
41 Comments
Not only do motorists not stick to 20mph, they often exceed 30+ mph. More than once I've been driving along the road at 20 only to be overtaken by another vehicle. It is so worrying that a child pedestrian or cyclist could be hit and injured or even worse.
I don't know how we managed to cross to school before John the lollypop man was employed. With all the new houses being built this is going to get worse. The 20mph limit is entirely ignored even when walking with small children to primary school.
Also needs resurfacing - there are a number of sections of broken surface and pot holes which, in the case of an emergency, would increase braking distances in addition to the risk presented by a high proportion of vehicles travelling at excess speed.
The speed limit should be enforced. Riding a bike on Pannal Ash Road, you always get close passes. I believe this is partly due to the central hatching, that people are reluctant to cross. Proper cycle tracks are needed, with physical protection from motor vehicles.
The speeding on Pannal Ash Road, Harlow Crescent and Harlow Avenue is nothing short of disgraceful. I worry constantly for my children who now want to walk to and from school on their own. My daughter was nearly run over on Harlow Avenue by a speeding car only a few weeks ago. Please please can you do something to protect our children.
I use this road regularly to go to Ashville Sports centre. I always do 20 but people flash there headlights and try to intermediate me in to going faster. On more than one occasion the car behind has overtaken me. One car that past me then pulled into The school to drop their kids off. I’m doing 20 to keep their kids safe?
Agree with speed limit and ideally discussion on traffic calming in Arthur’s Avenue now too Challenge is that Arthur’s Avenue is being used as a rat run as no traffic calming or other . Noticed higher levels of heavy / large vehicles too Parking around hammerhead / and verges at top of Arthur’s Avenue remains an issue of safety for school drop offs and visibility for drivers A lot of unsafe parking by parents and carers not all but some which doesn’t help keep the neighbourhood on side with wider ( agreement) for maintaining traffic speed restrictions.
I support 20splenty.org in Harrogate and neighbouring towns and villages. Do you agree that 20 should be the default speed on all urban roads? To start with at least, on all school streets. NYCC police policy is to refuse to have speed cameras. Anyone know why?
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Not only do motorists not stick to 20mph, they often exceed 30+ mph. More than once I've been driving along the road at 20 only to be overtaken by another vehicle. It is so worrying that a child pedestrian or cyclist could be hit and injured or even worse.