Three children being injured in a month by a school has sparked a petition calling for the stretch to be made 20mph. 

The danger of traffic in Langley Road, passing Nascot Wood Junior School, has been made clear after two schoolkids and a teenager were hit, Nascot Park councillor Mark Watkin has claimed.

Growing concern prompted him to launch a petition to lower the speed limit between the junctions with Hempstead Road and Church Road, which would also include Molteno Road and the public highways section of Colnhurst Road.

The county and borough councillor explained that parents, residents, and the school have also flagged “numerous near-misses due to speeding vehicles that have put children’s and parents lives in danger”.

Watford Observer: Langley Road, Molteno Road, Colnhurst Road.Langley Road, Molteno Road, Colnhurst Road. (Image: Google Street View)

Nascot Wood Junior School headteacher Christina Singh told the Watford Observer that the school backs the change.

She added: “All three drivers were driving under the current speed limit of 30mph, and this meant that the children involved did not suffer serious injury or loss of life.

“The requested change would bring the speed limit in line with that of Nascot Wood Road so that both entrances to the school would have a consistent speed limit. 

“Nascot Wood Junior School is in support of the e-petition seeking the stretch of Langley Road from its junction with Hempstead Road to Church Road becoming a 20mph zone.”

View the petition here

The Hertfordshire County Council e-petition was launched on February 6 and will run until June 6. So far it has gathered 100 signatories.

“In term time, the footpath is heavily used by hundreds of children and their families,” added Cllr Watkin.

“Converting this stretch would provide a continuous 20mph area linking the three existing 20mph zones – Nascot Wood Road, Grandfield Avenue and Church Road and streets north of Langley Road.

“It would also reduce speed of vehicles leaving Langley Road onto Church Road.”