Speed Awareness Messaging unit Report summer 2023

The SAM2 unit was Holt Road near Crossways during August and September monitoring traffic speed and the volume of vehicles travelling from Fakenham towards Holt.

From early August to mid-September 2023

  • An average of 6,488 vehicles were recorded coming into the village per day
  • The peak times of travel are 10 to 11 am (average of 540 vehicles); and 4 to 5 pm (average of 589 vehicles)
  • The maximum speed was 95 mph at 11:40 am on 31 August, (although the average speeder was travelling just under 35 mph).
  • The majority of vehicles were travelling below the speed limit which is 40 mph. The 85th percentile speed (i.e. of 115,827 vehicles) was 40.8 mph; and the average speed was 34.8 mph.
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