The 17-year-old ACT driver was allegedly detected cruising at 112km/h on Mackay Avenue, a 60km/h zoned street that is the eastern entrance to the city, at 2.30pm.

Police allege the vehicle did not stop at the level crossing and the car was almost involved in a collision with a freight train.

The man was issued with infringement notices for exceeding the speed limit by more than 45km/h and not stopping at a level crossing.

Three hours later, the teenager was detected driving a different motor vehicle at Moombooldool.

He was issued with a field court attendance notice for "driving when visiting privileges withdrawn".

The man was granted bail and will appear in Griffith Local Court on March 4.

The near miss comes as Griffith City Council revealed residents are putting lives at risk by travelling up to 25km/h over the limit on residential streets.

Council has launched a road safety project on the back of data, which found that on one North Griffith street in in four vehicles were speeding.

The Speed on Local Roads project, which is supported by the Griffith Local Area Command, aims to reduce speeding.

The alarming date was gathered from road classifiers installed by council across the city 12 months ago to record traffic numbers, type and size of vehicles and speeds travelled.

Council's road safety officer Greg Balind said the traffic committee received surprising statistics in relation to the high speeds motorists were travelling.

"On one street in North Griffith, at least 25 per cent of vehicles were detected travelling at more than 20km/h over the speed limit during a four week period," Mr Balind said.

"This was one of several alarming speeding examples that prompted our committee to launch the safety project."

Mr Balind said it was timely to start the project in the lead up to Christmas.

He reminded people to slow down as speeding could cause injury and fatal motor vehicle crashes.

Council has installed Variable Message Boards along several nominated roads in the region which advise drivers to check their speed and slow down.

The Griffith Local Area Command highway patrol will also increase its presence to provide a visual reminder to motorists to slow down.

Residents are invited to fill out an online survey to help the traffic committee with examples of local streets where they have seen speeding drivers.

"This type of information will help us target those areas with the view of changing the behaviour of those drivers and to create as well as implement strategies to improve the safety of all road users in the local area in the following year," Mr Balind said.

To participate in the survey, please visit http://surveys.griffith.nsw.gov.au/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=86LJ3o2. The survey will be open until Wednesday, January 14.

The Area News has also launched its Survive the Drive campaign following nine deaths on our roads in a three month period.

Visit our Facebook page to pledge to slow down on our roads.