Fillongley residents knit dummy traffic officers to slow drivers after crashes

Residents of Fillongley, Warwickshire, have put knitted traffic officers and fake speed cameras along a road where they say drivers travel too fast. The campaign followed repeated crashes near the village’s main junction and a primary school, and locals believe the displays are prompting motorists to slow down.

The Knit and Natter group installed the figures on 13 October after four months of preparation, using recycled mannequins dressed in knitted high-visibility jackets and mock speed guns. Residents say drivers have braked when they mistook the figures for real officers, but one was stolen two days after it appeared. Official figures cited in the article record 11 crashes at the Nuneaton Road junction over four years.