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Sam Acourt
August 24, 2026
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This below was the answer I've received from Devon highway in regards of the speed of cars in Rack Park Road travelling to Henacre road.
I've also experienced 2 car crash at the bottom of Rack Park road and other parked car being hit from Henacre to rack park road and vice versa majority of this accident are reported on Facebook.
They don't hold any records because the police won't be bother to log the accident as nobody is being injured.
Results in our car being smashed but no records of it.
"Thank you for your comments and I'm sorry to hear of the incidents you mention, including the one involving your cars.
Rack Park Rd and the rest of the estate have quite narrow roads with many parked cars further restricting the width. In my opinion and in my experience this limits the speeds of most vehicles to below the posted speed limit. No doubt there will be a minority of drivers that drive without due care and attention but there is currently no proposal to reduce the limit. {Lisa - check that KTC haven't submitted a request for a 20}
I have checked our accident record and, fortunately, there have been no recorded accidents anywhere on Rack Park Rd or the estate in the last five years. That being the case, there would be no justification for diverting much-needed resources from other more problematic sites.
Residents' Parking or other restricted parking has from time to time been considered in Kingsbridge. However, because these restrictions involve extra enforcement, there would be additional resources required which would involve introducing pay&display parking locally to generate the funding. In the past this has not been acceptable to the local community so these types of parking restrictions have not been progressed. This is something that you might like to discuss with your local Town Council as any further consideration given to parking restrictions would be done on a town-wide basis rather than in any individual area. Similarly, your Town Council would need to be involved in any future discussions of applying to reduce the speed limit of your road.
I've also experienced 2 car crash at the bottom of Rack Park road and other parked car being hit from Henacre to rack park road and vice versa majority of this accident are reported on Facebook.
They don't hold any records because the police won't be bother to log the accident as nobody is being injured.
Results in our car being smashed but no records of it.
"Thank you for your comments and I'm sorry to hear of the incidents you mention, including the one involving your cars.
Rack Park Rd and the rest of the estate have quite narrow roads with many parked cars further restricting the width. In my opinion and in my experience this limits the speeds of most vehicles to below the posted speed limit. No doubt there will be a minority of drivers that drive without due care and attention but there is currently no proposal to reduce the limit. {Lisa - check that KTC haven't submitted a request for a 20}
I have checked our accident record and, fortunately, there have been no recorded accidents anywhere on Rack Park Rd or the estate in the last five years. That being the case, there would be no justification for diverting much-needed resources from other more problematic sites.
Residents' Parking or other restricted parking has from time to time been considered in Kingsbridge. However, because these restrictions involve extra enforcement, there would be additional resources required which would involve introducing pay&display parking locally to generate the funding. In the past this has not been acceptable to the local community so these types of parking restrictions have not been progressed. This is something that you might like to discuss with your local Town Council as any further consideration given to parking restrictions would be done on a town-wide basis rather than in any individual area. Similarly, your Town Council would need to be involved in any future discussions of applying to reduce the speed limit of your road.
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Omar