Woman dresses as traffic cone in speeding vigil

"It's an accident waiting to happen. Someone is going to get killed," says Faye Davies

Faye Davies is so concerned about speeding motorists near her home that she held a 24-hour vigil dressed as a traffic cone to raise road safety awareness.

Faye, from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, took action after seeing drivers speeding in her area.

She said the number of accidents increased over summer months, and blamed "boy racers" and motorists coming from a coastal road entering her street over the speed limit.

Road safety charity GoSafe said it would assess the area and work with the community and the local council "to identify ways to make the road safer for everyone."

Faye Davies held the vigil outside her home on Marine Street in Llanelli

Marine Street, where the vigil was held, connects to the B4304, which sees an increase in traffic over the summer holidays.

She has lived in the area for 20 years, but said the number of incidents in the area has increased this year.

"It's an accident waiting to happen. Someone is going to get killed," she said.

"I can see the cars just missing the children on their bikes," she said. "I can't watch it any more.

"Hundreds of people have come to see me and supported me the last few days. I knew people were worried before the weekend, but the vigil backed it up."

Local landlord Garry supports Faye's campaign and brought her refreshments during the vigil

Local people came to Faye's aid during the 24-hour vigil by bringing her food and drink, including Chris Rees-Andrews and his husband Garry, landlords at the nearby New Cornish Arms Pub.

Chris called the vigil a "brilliant idea" and hopes it raises awareness about the problem.

"I just live up the road and we see cars speeding past. They have no consideration for the community," he said.

Chris thinks action has been to be taken after "quite a few" incidents on the road recently.

“We need a higher police presence because before soon it will be too late,” he said. "This road was 20mph even before the law change, but it doesn’t seem to have made a difference."

Faye said hundreds of people of all ages turned out to support her campaign

Faye said: "Whether it's speed bumps or a camera, whether they bring the pavement out I don't know. We just know something needs to be done soon."

Faye has not ruled out another vigil if necessary: "Yes, I'll do another if something's not done.

"If action isn't taken, that isn't a one-off," she said. "We're going to carry on until something is done."

The vigil went through the night with people stopping their cars to show support

Carmarthenshire council has been asked to comment.

Road safety charity GoSafe said: "We'll be conducting an assessment of the area and will work with the community, alongside our partners at Carmarthenshire County Council, to identify ways to make the road safer for everyone."

"Whilst this assessment is ongoing, the concerns have been passed to the local Operation Ugain team to conduct 20mph roadside engagement."