Ampfield Speedwatch

Press Release October 2026

During the summer Ampfield Speedwatch has been very active on the A3090 Romsey to Winchester Road.

323 speeding drivers have been reported to the police. In turn the police have sent 267 letters for first offences, 23 letters for second offences and 2 letters for excessively high speed. One driver was recorded at 63mph. Many of these have been visited by the police. The police also check other details of these drivers such as the offender’s licence, insurance and MOT. This can result in prosecution.

The A3090 in Ampfield is subject to a 30mph limit. The Speedwatch team and the Ampfield Parish Council are keen to see a reduction in the speed especially among repeat offenders. Excessive speed causes a lot of noise and disruption to the community. This is made worse by the poor state of the road surface. More importantly it causes excessive injury and death of which there has been far too much on the A3090 in and near Ampfield.