As you will be aware, Charfield Parish Council – in cooperation with South Gloucestershire County Council StreetCare – has been running a trial of part-night street lighting.

This trial came to an end with a final review meeting on 13th July 2010.

South Gloucestershire Transportation Services’ Senior Safety Engineer confirmed that there had been no reported accidents or transport related injuries in Charfield village in 2009 or thus far in 2010. Police statistics showed a slight fall in crime throughout the trial (from 49 to 34 reported incidents).

Both the Parish and County Council representatives agreed the trial had proven the technology and the principle of switching off streetlights during the middle of the night, and Charfield Parish Council later Resolved that the trial should henceforth become permanent.

The minutes of the final review meeting are available here.
A copy of the working Risk Assessment is here, and a copy of the original Criteria is here. Police crime statistics for Charfield village are here (before) and here (after).

Post-Trial Project Summary

page updated 31 August 2010