Renewed calls for action to tackle speeding along the A10 in North London have been made, following the death of a young woman in Edmonton in January. TfL Commissioner Andy Lord has now pledged to “see if we can find the funding” for more speed cameras on the busy highway.
The issue was raised last year in a petition to Mayor Sadiq Khan by Bush Hill Park councillor James Hockney who had collected more than 2,000 signatures from concerned residents, but the Mayor said in response that TfL was “not routinely installing new speed cameras on its road network” and was instead looking to “maximise the potential of the existing network” and boost the Met Police’s enforcement capacity, says the Enfield Dispatch.
Three months later, 28-year-old Laura Sone-Demetrious (pictured) was struck by a car while out walking her dogs, prompting fresh calls for safety improvements. A 17-year-old boy arrested in connection with the incident, on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop, remains on bail pending further police enquiries, as Highways News reported last month.
Average speed cameras were installed in 2020 along a section of the road between the M25 and Southbury Road – but a section south from there, down through Edmonton towards the North Circular, did not receive the same equipment. Data obtained by Cllr Hockney through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed that the section fitted with cameras saw a substantial reduction in collisions when compared with the southern stretch.
