A SCHOOL has completed a traffic survey after parents complained of too many speeding cars.

More than 80 children from Colebrook Junior and Infant School, in Coleview, took part in the project by compiling statistics on things like how fast were cars were travelling and where they were being parked.

The statistics were then compiled by police and presented to a packed school.

Police said that out of the 150 cars the students caught on a speed-gun between 7.55am and 8.35am, none was driving over the speed limit and the average speed ranged from 16-22mph.

Complaints about speeding originated from a meeting in which parents from Coleview met neighbourhood policing teams.

As a result WPC Jo Phelps thought up the idea of working with school children to slow down drivers.

She said: "Parents outlined to us three priorities, the biggest one being cars speeding outside the school and their homes and, because there are a lot of kids out here, we thought we could incorporate them."

Tony Talbot, the deputy head of the school, said the project was beneficial for students.

He said: "We have been working on safer roads education and the school has set up new crossing points and footpaths, so road safety has been a big deal over the years.

"This has helped teach pupils about driving and driver safety.

"By doing this we can keep it a priority."

Lucy Jenkins, a Year 5 pupil at Coleview, said she was surveying where people parked.

She said: "It was great - not many people parked where they weren't supposed to.

"It was fun working with police. I hope this survey helps the situation, making it better for students like me."

While the junior school pupils were on the street, youngsters from the infant school also took part by drawing "drive slow" posters.

Police then showed up on July 4 to judge the competition and choose two drawings to be featured on the latest Swindon road safety posters, which will soon be dotted around the town.