CONCERNS have been raised to Pembrokeshire’s council about road safety in Neyland after a parked car was hit by a vehicle, just months after a car hit a house wall, described as “sheer good luck” that “a terrible tragedy” was avoided.

Local social media community group Neyland News recently posted: “There is real public concern about road safety in Neyland especially on Honeyborough Road. On Thursday a driver hit a parked vehicle.

“These incidents have happened a number of times with cars losing wing mirrors and scrapes to bodywork. This has been reported to the police and the county council. This comes after incidents where cars have lost control and hit houses in Kensington Road.

“The county council are carrying out a topographical survey from Honeyborough Roundabout to Kensington Road and they will come forward with proposals to physically slow down traffic which they will consult on.”

The post author added: “This cannot come soon enough.”

Local county councillor Cllr Simon Hancock said: “Speeding on Honeyborough Road and Kensington Road are matters of great concern. A number of serious incidents have been reported recently but this situation is getting worse.

“I am pushing hard for much greater speed enforcement checks from the police and physical traffic calming measures from the highways department of Pembrokeshire County Council.”

At a meeting of the town council at the start of the year, residents had expressed their concern at speeding cars losing control on the corner where Honeyborough Road leads into Kensington Road.

Then in February, Cllr Hancock had called for traffic calming measures in the town after a speeding car mounted the pavement and smashed into the wall of No 43 coming to rest in the middle of the road. It was the fifth such incident in less than a decade.