On Monday 30th October John Lloyd, a Governor of Stoney Middleton School, did a traffic count between 8.00am and 9.00am and again between 3.00pm and 4.00pm.
In the morning 707 vehicles including 83 lorries passed through the village - that is almost 12 vehicles a minute and well over 1 lorry a minute.
In the afternoon it was a little quieter with only 653 vehicles including 77 lorries. That is almost 11 vehicles a minute and again well over one lorry.