Petition handed to council over dangerous B-road

Ceredigion County Council's cabinet is to discuss a petition calling for traffic calming measures in a village near Newcastle Emlyn.

Graham and Leah Hunter have lost count of how many times vehicles have crashed into or outside their home on the B4333 in Bryngwyn, near Newcastle Emlyn.

In 2022, dramatic footage showed a car sticking out of their front garden at an angle.

The couple luckily weren’t home, but the crash caused £17,000 damage and could have injured Graham if he’d been sitting in his regular seat.

Now, a petition has been handed in to Ceredigion County Council, signed by 147 people, calling for road safety measures.

Graham wrote alongside the petition: “In total there must have been at least 22 incidents that we know about since we moved here in March 2008.”

Residents are calling for the 60mph stretch to be reduced to 40mph; the 40mph area reduced to 30mph; physical obstructions in the road such as a chicane; a permanent sped camera; improved street lighting and the repainting of white lines.

Speaking to the Cambrian News in June, Graham, a 75-year-old retired company director, said: “It is a daily worry.

“We’ve been having lots of arguments with the council, who won’t do anything.

“It is a really dangerous bend, but no one is paying attention to it.”

Police, the fire brigade and ambulances were called to the 1 June incident on the B4333, in which a female driver had to be cut from her vehicle before being transported to hospital.

During the 2022 incident, the 34-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and was estimated to have been driving over 70mph on the 40mph road.

Neighbours haven’t been left unscathed either, with the chapel also suffering a scrape with a tractor.

There are no speed limitations entering the village, which the couple speculates is the reason why drivers “ignore” the 40mph sign and speed down the hill.

They say the issue has worsened since the removal of a hedge, which caused drivers to slow down due to a lack of sight around the bend.

With speed limits not honoured, the couple want to see a physical restriction to slow drivers.

Graham said: “There’s lots of difference of opinion on what the physical restriction should be [i.e. speed bumps or a chicane] but we’ve got to have something or someone's going to be killed.”

CrashMap recorded 10 incidents on that bend in the road between 2000-2024.

Speaking in June, a spokesperson for Ceredigion County Council said: “Information held by Ceredigion County Council indicates that the road condition, visibility and mean speeds along the B4333 at this location are appropriate.

“The council will await the formal report from Dyfed Powys Police on the road traffic collision that occurred on 1 June 2026 before reviewing whether any further investigation is required, however it is unreasonable to expect the council to undertake works when collisions occur due to vehicles being driven at excessive speeds, drivers are under the influence of drink or drugs, drivers not paying due care attention, or not driving according to the conditions.”