Community Speed Watch
Work of the Yarnfield and Cold Meece Community Speed Watch
Community Speedwatch
Community Speedwatch (CSW) is a national initiative where, in partnership with the police, members of communities use detection devices to monitor local vehicle speeds.
The volunteers report drivers exceeding the speed limit to the police with the aim of educating drivers to slow down.
If the data proves a driver is ignoring repeated warnings police can prosecute them. The aim is to:
- reduce death and injury on the roads
- improve the quality of life for local communities
- reduce the speed of vehicles to the speed limit
- increase public awareness of inappropriate speed
Yarnfield and Cold Meece CSW
The team operates most weeks at pre-set locations in the parish, focusing on Yarnfield Lane, Meece Road and Swynnerton Road, Cold Meece, and Yarnfield Parkway.
Recording Session January 2024 – December 2024
| Offences over 30mph | 323 |
| Offences over 40mph | 101 |
| Offences over 50mph | 21 |
| Offences over 60mph | 0 |
| Offences over 70mpy | 1 |
| Offences over 80mph | 0 |
Letters & Offences
| 1st Letter sent | 310 |
| 2Nd Letter sent | 44 |
| 3rd Letter sent | 5 |
| 4th Letter sent | 0 |
| 5th Letter sent | 0 |
| Total offences actioned | 359 |
Join Community Speedwatch
To become part of Staffordshire CSW, please go to CSW Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership (SSRP) to register and for more information.
Volunteers receive training, and neighbourhood policing team staff will support them.