December update from the PCC

Dec 11, 2024 | SAFER

Alongside the Chief Constable, I was pleased to recently award over £200,000 of funding to 43 community organisations in the second round of this year’s Community Fund. It is always a pleasure to meet so many deserving organisations at the presentation event,...

Not a Christmas gift

Dec 4, 2024 | SAFER, Stonesfield news

The festive season is almost here, and we know many people will be considering asking for, gifting or purchasing an e-scooter. We want to ensure that anyone doing so is aware of the law and dangers surrounding e-scooters. E-scooters are classed as motor vehicles under...

Thames Valley PCC launches Road Safety Strategy

Nov 9, 2024 | SAFER

Matthew Barber, Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner,  said: ‘The average number of people killed or seriously injured on the roads in Thames Valley has decreased in the three years since 2020 but we need stronger partnership working, with a focus on our...

Safer Roads Unit Q2 Report

Sep 20, 2024 | SAFER

We would now like to share the results of the second quarter of 2024. We prioritise enforcement and education for drink and drug driving, the non wearing of seatbelts, excessive speed and driving whilst distracted. We create reports on a quarterly basis to share with...

Help speed up pothole repairs!

Aug 22, 2024 | SAFER, Stonesfield news

Help speed up pothole repairs! To make processing your report quicker, upload photos that show the pothole’s location, plus a close-up with an object that helps show its size. Better photos can mean quicker repairs FixMyStreet fixmystreet.oxfordshire.gov.uk...

PCC launches new plan to tackle crime

Jul 29, 2024 | Parish Council news, SAFER

 A new blueprint for policing, community safety and criminal justice in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes has been unveiled by Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Barber. The newly published Police and Crime Plan sets out the...

Safer Roads Unit Q1 report

Jul 25, 2024 | SAFER, Stonesfield news

The Safer Roads Unit for Thames Valley Police are committed to the reduction of collisions leading to road deaths and serious injury. We prioritise enforcement and education for drink and drug driving, the non wearing of seatbelts, excessive speed and driving whilst...

Drains update

Jul 19, 2024 | Parish Council news, SAFER, Stonesfield news

Oxfordshire County Council sent a team to inspect the drains at Boot Street and Laughton Hill at the start of July. As this flooding issue had been going on for some time a quick resolution was not anticipated. And we were right. The issue is not a simple ‘clear the...

Stonesfield says Slow Down*

Jun 26, 2024 | SAFER

* 72% of respondents to the Neighbourhood Plan survey said that reducing traffic speed was important or very important. If you want to make our village a safer place for all residents, then you could help by becoming a CSW volunteer. CSW is organised by Thames Valley...

Progress on drains

May 30, 2024 | Parish Council news, SAFER, Stonesfield news

The rain on Sunday 26 May highlighted the desperate state of the drains on Laughton Hill and at the Boot Street junction. The Gardening Club were replanting the pots at the Boot Street junction when the rain started and within 15 minutes water was bubbling up out of...

SID returns to Woodstock Road

Jan 24, 2024 | SAFER

After delays caused by heavy rain and high winds, a SID was finally installed on Woodstock Road on Wednesday 24 January. Having been repaired from the preChristmas vandalism the SID was placed on the new, taller pole installed for this purpose by Oxfordshire County...

More accidents on Laughton Hill

Jan 13, 2024 | SAFER

On Wednesday 10 January at around 7.30am a red Renault entered Stonesfield from the direction of Fawler. The driver lost control of his Renault, it rolled onto its roof and came to rest, back on its wheels, just before Witney Lane. The driver suffered minor cuts and...

Vandals are back

Nov 11, 2023 | SAFER

On Friday 10 November, vandals have attacked both the SID and a 20mph sign* in The Ridings. This is a repeat of the vandalism that happened at the start of the year in Woodstock Road. On Saturday 11 November, the same (presumably) individual or group vandalised the...

Road signage changes

Nov 2, 2023 | SAFER

Earlier this year SAFER presented to Oxfordshire County Council some residents’ concerns about pedestrian safety at various locations. Following this there was a site visit between SAFER, Andy Graham (Oxfordshire County Councillor) and Oxfordshire County Council...

Thames Valley Police urges ‘Slow down this summer’

May 31, 2023 | SAFER

Thames Valley Police is investigating nine fatal road traffic collisions this May and the Fatal 4 offences are suspected to have been involved in the vast majority of them. In just 19 days between the 9 and 28 May, Joint Operations Roads Policing Unit officers from...