Residents in Bromley have said the authorities have done nothing to stop speeding cars despite sending police more than a thousand reports of vehicles breaking the limit.
People living on Siward Road and Godwin Road near the town centre in South East London say that drivers use their roads as short cuts, says the BBC.
The residents said there were eight accidents there between 2024 and 2025, including a pedestrian being knocked over, and want traffic calming measures such as chicanes, road narrowing and planters to be installed.
The Met Police said traffic calming was a council responsibility, but Bromley Council said those roads were not a priority for further action as no one has been injured in collisions recently.
Concerns were first brought to the attention of Bromley Council in 2019 and soon afterwards, a speed activated sign was installed, although residents said this had little effect. They have since reported about 1,000 vehicles that appeared to be obviously speeding to the police, including their registration details.
To gather more detailed data, they bought a speed gun to monitor traffic in 2024, capturing one driver who was travelling at 75mph in the 30mph zone. According to radar data gathered from 979 vehicles, 40% of drivers, exceeded the speed limit.
Nicholas Bennett, Bromley’s councillor for transport, highways and road safety, said there were “over 60 locations across the borough in our priority list”.
He added that finite funding from Transport for London (TfL) meant they must prioritise any action on the basis of evidence of known accident blackspots.
“Looking at Siward and Godwin Roads, there have been no recorded injury collisions in the three years to June 2025 and therefore our focus will be elsewhere.”
A Met Police spokesperson said officers had conducted regular speed-enforcement checks on Siward Road and Godwin Road and have used speed guns in the area.
“We’ll continue to work to improve road safety in partnership with the council, which is responsible for physical interventions like road signs and traffic calming measures,” the spokesperson added.
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