Integrated Transport Feasibility Study

ITCP-2017-08 Little Casterton (Eastern End of Village) County Council: Version?

REVISION SCHEDULE

Rev Date Details Prepared by Reviewed by Approved by

A 19/12/2018 Draft RG NT 29/1/2019

(Date) Rutland County Council: Version? Contents Introduction ...... 4 1 Site Description ...... 4 2 Accident Data...... 8 3 Speed Survey Data...... 9 4 Options ...... 12 5 Reccomendation...... 13 Appendix A - Preliminar Scheme Drawings

(Date) Introduction This feasibility study is to assess whether there is a speeding issue when vehicles enter Little Casterton travelling east to west, following concerns raised by the Parish Meeting regarding the speed vehicles and to determine if traffic calming measures are required.

1 Site Description

Little Casterton is a small village situated between , and Stamford. The approaches to Little Casterton from the west is national speed limit and the approach from the east is 40mph. The 40mph limit starts at the junction with the A6121 and finishes at the far eastern end of Little Casterton. The village is 30mph for its entire length.

The road through Little Casterton can be used by vehicles to link the A6121 with the B1081. Vehicles travelling from Ryhall may use this road to access the B1081 to link onto the A1.

4 | P a g e Vehicles entering Little Casterton from the west are travelling from either Stamford along Little Casterton Road, or Great Casterton along Tolethorpe. Both of these roads are classified as C class roads. Both are rural lanes without any footpaths.

The western approach has recently been upgraded to include new road markings, a chicane, and signs and buff coloured High friction surfacing, as illustrated below. The average speed at the western end of the village before the chicane was installed was 35mph (2015); following the installation of the chicane the average speed has reduced to 21mph (2017). (See Section 3 Speed Survey for further information).

5 | P a g e Vehicles entering Little Casterton from the east are travelling from the A6121, Ryhall, along Tolethorpe. There is only one road access with Tolethorpe between the A6121 and Little Casterton, Salters Lane. This road is used to access and links to Ryhall Road.

The eastern approach to Little Casterton was upgraded at the same time as the western approach, to include a new village name plate, white lining and high friction surfacing.

The signs have been placed approximately 100m east of the first house when entering Little Casterton from Ryhall. The village name plate includes the 30mph roundel and is on yellow backing. The 30mph roundel on the opposite side of the road does not have any backing.

6 | P a g e As shown in the image above, the Little Casterton sign is obstructed by vegetation. The Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 4 1states it is essential that drivers have an unobstructed view of traffic signs. The required visibility of a traffic sign will be depended upon the approaching speed.

This traffic sign is for vehicles entering the 30mph limit from a 40mph limit, therefore drivers should have a clear visibility of the sign for 75m. It is important that sight lines are properly maintained so that the intended warning is not compromised. At this location the village name plate is not having the desired effect as it is obstructed by foliage.

The Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 3 states “where a speed limit other than the national limit is in force, direction 11 (2) requires that repeater signs are provided at regular intervals along the road. However, this does not apply to a 30mph speed limit on a road with a system of carriageway lighting; in built-up areas it would be impracticable to place 30mph repeater signs on every road. To do so in some cases by not others would result in inconsistency and driver uncertainty. This is therefore prohibited by direction 11(4). Section 82 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 defines a road that has a system of street lighting (carriageway lighting in Scotland) as being a “restricted road” (see para 14.2). Section 81 specifies that the speed limit along such a road shall always be 30 mph unless an order has been made to impose another limit and remove the restricted road status. The presence of carriageway lighting therefore means that a road automatically has a speed limit of 30 mph with the lamps taking the place of repeater signs.”2

The speed limit through Little Casterton is 30mph. There is a series of street lights along Main Street, and therefore to comply with the Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 3, no repeater roundels have been installed through the village.

1 Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 4 - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/226765/traffic- signs-manual-chapter-04.pdf

2 Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 3 - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/223943/traffic- signs-manual-chapter-03.pdf

7 | P a g e 2 Accident Data There have been 2 recorded accidents through Little Casterton between 1/1/2008 and 30/9/2018.

Accident 200802291 – V1 travelling north east towards Little Casterton at high speed collides with V2 turning right from Little Casterton Road. Both drivers were slightly injured

Accident 201401043 – V1 reversing travelling south east from the Chantry Enters Main Road in front of V2 (motorcycle) travelling south west through Little Casterton. V2 swerves to avoid V1 and collides rear V2 parked ahead in carriageway. The motorcyclist was seriously injured.

Neither of these accidents were in relation to the speed of vehicles through the village.

8 | P a g e 3 Speed Survey Speed survey western end of village prior to chicane being installed. The survey was carried out between 27/10/2015 and 4/11/2015.

Average Speed 34mph Bidirectional Approaching Receding 27/10/2015 35 33 36 28/10/2015 34 33 34 29/10/2015 34 32 35 30/10/2015 33 32 34 31/10/2015 35 33 36 01/11/2015 34 34 35 02/11/2015 33 32 34 03/11/2015 32 30 34 04/11/2015 33 32 33

85th percentile speed 39mph Bidirectional Approaching Receding 27/10/2015 34 39 42 28/10/2015 35 39 40 29/10/2015 37 38 41 30/10/2015 37 37 39 31/10/2015 34 39 42 01/11/2015 36 40 40 02/11/2015 34 37 40 03/11/2015 34 37 39 04/11/2015 35 38 39

A speed survey was carried out at the same position once the chicane had been installed. The survey was carried out between 5/1/2017 and 18/1/2017.

Average speed 21mph Bidirectional Approaching Receding 05/01/2017 21 22 20 06/01/2017 21 22 20 07/01/2017 21 22 20 08/01/2017 22 23 20 09/01/2017 21 22 19 10/01/2017 21 22 20 11/01/2017 21 22 20 12/01/2017 21 22 20 13/01/2017 21 22 20 14/01/2017 21 22 20 15/01/2017 21 22 20 16/01/2017 20 21 19 17/01/2017 21 22 20

9 | P a g e 18/01/2017 21 22 20

85th percentile speed 24mph Bidirectional Approaching Receding 05/01/2017 25 25 22 06/01/2017 24 25 22 07/01/2017 24 25 23 08/01/2017 25 26 23 09/01/2017 25 25 22 10/01/2017 24 25 23 11/01/2017 24 25 23 12/01/2017 24 25 22 13/01/2017 24 25 22 14/01/2017 24 25 22 15/01/2017 25 26 23 16/01/2017 24 24 22 17/01/2017 24 25 22 18/01/2017 24 25 22

This survey has demonstrated that the chicane has been effective at this location, by lowering the average speed and the 85th percentile by 40%.

A speed survey was carried out at the far east of the village just inside the 30mph speed limit. This survey was carried out between 19/4/2017 and 26/4/2017. The approaching data is traffic entering the village and the receding data is traffic leaving the village towards Ryhall.

10 | P a g e Average Speed 34mph Bidirectional Approaching Receding 19/04/2017 36 35 36 20/04/2017 35 33 36 21/04/2017 35 34 36 22/04/2017 34 34 34 23/04/2017 35 35 36 24/04/2017 34 33 36 25/04/2017 33 32 33 26/04/2017 33 31 35

85th percentile speed 40mph Bidirectional Approaching Receding 19/04/2017 41 40 42 20/04/2017 40 40 41 21/04/2017 40 40 41 22/04/2017 40 39 40 23/04/2017 41 40 42 24/04/2017 40 40 41 25/04/2017 39 38 40 26/04/2017 40 38 41

This speed survey has highlighted that vehicles entering and existing the village are going in excess of 30mph. The approach to the village is slightly down hill and straight which could cause vehicle speeds to be in excess of 40mph as they approach the 30mph limit.

Time Cat 1 Cat 2 Cat 3 Cat 4 Total Date Motorbikes/small Cars Small HGVs cars lorries/vehicles with trailers 19/04/2017 00-24h 12 1440 396 6 1854 20/04/2017 00-24h 21 2948 758 28 3755 21/04/2017 00-24h 27 3154 804 21 4006 22/04/2017 00-24h 15 2244 954 12 3225 23/04/2017 00-24h 25 1878 539 22 2464 24/04/2017 00-24h 114 2881 737 38 3770 25/04/2017 00-24h 114 2621 1145 44 3924 26/04/2017 00-24h 12 805 242 9 1068 Total 340 (1%) 17971 5575 (23%) 180 24066 (75%) (1%)

Vehicles approaching Little Casterton from Ryhall are in excess of the speed limit including the tolerance allowed by The ACPO Speed Enforcement Guidance of +/- 2mph3. Therefore some form of traffic calming is required on this section of road.

3 The ACPO Speed Enforcement Guidance - http://library.college.police.uk/docs/appref/ACPO-Speed-Enforcement- Guidance.pdf

11 | P a g e 4 Options See Appendix C for scaled drawings

1. Cut back foliage around Village name plate Cost Approximately £100

2. Install a chicane just inside 30mph limit with appropriate signage and road markings A chicane has worked effectively at the western end of the village so it is proposed to install one at this location. The vegetation will need to be cut back for the priority signage and kept clear. The chicane will need to be placed at an appropriate location to ensure that it is visible for traffic in both direction. Cost Approximately £6k

12 | P a g e 5 Recommendations

The following improvements are recommended in Little Casterton - Option 1 – cut back foliage around sign - Option 2 – Install chicane Cost approximately £6k

13 | P a g e Appendix A – Preliminary Scheme Drawings

14 | P a g e Notes:

A3 Top drawing 1:1000 Bottom drawing 1:250

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Rev: By: Date: Details:

Rutland County Council Community Services

Project:

ITCP-2017-08 Little Casterton

Title:

Chicane and associate signs

Scale: Drawn by: Drawing No: See notes RG Date: Checked by: ITCP-2017-08-01 26/11/2018