Make the Village of Stock Safer for All Road Users and Pedestrians

It is just over a year since the tragic accident that killed Freddie Coleman and seriously injured his friend as they were walking to school at 08:20 on Friday 3 November 2023.

Since then, Freddie’s family, Stock Parish Council and village residents have been campaigning to make Stock a safer place for all road users and pedestrians and are demanding the introduction of a 20mph zone and average speed cameras.

A community speed watch group has been set up with volunteers using speed guns to identify passing vehicles. In one hour alone, over 30 speeding vehicles were detected. And since March of this year, even with limited surveillance, around 360 people have been detected speeding in the village, some with speeds in excess of 50mph.

In addition, Stock Parish Council have submitted nine Local Highways Panel (LHP) applications requesting speed reductions, average speed cameras and improvements to pedestrian crossings, but unfortunately none have been granted so far.

It is of this reason, one year on since that fateful accident, that we, the residents of Stock, feel compelled to come together again, with SPC, to create a petition to demonstrate our disappointment that this situation has not yet been rectified.

We are ‘Stock Against Speeding’ and we want the speed limit in our village of Stock reduced to 20mph and average speed cameras installed as soon as possible, because, quite frankly, every day without this, is a day too long.

For further information, please email us.

Thank you.