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Average speed check on A249 Detling Hill near Maidstone to start as new cameras installed

Speed cameras on A249 Detling Hill near Jade's Crossing removed to make way for average speed checks

Village that cracked secrets of eternal life: Residents of Detling live 12 years longer than average

JANE FRYER: Nestled between the A249 and the M20, the village of Detling in Kent has the highest life expectancy in the whole country. The average lifespan for women here is 95.

Twenty years on: The story of Jade's Crossing on the A249, in Detling

Twenty years on: The story of Jade s Crossing on the A249, in Detling  |  Updated: 07:10, 16 December 2020 As you drive towards Maidstone on the A249, the silhouette of a pirouetting ballerina in the centre of a footbridge comes into view. Underneath just two words are written: Jade s Crossing. Jade s Crossing is passed by commuters every day Many commuters driving under the bridge, which spans the A249 at Detling, may not know the terribly sad reason the structure was built and the tireless road safety campaigning which continued afterwards. Twenty years ago today, eight-year-old Jade Hobbs and her grandma Margaret Kuwertz, 79, died while on their way to the shops, after walking across the dual carriageway, which was near their home in Pilgrims Way. Both were struck by a car.