ePetition details

As residents who live at this junction, we are regular users and appreciate its complexity: mainly the 8 potential different flows of traffic at any one time; and the limited visibility due to the action of the junction taking place both on a steep hill and sharp bend, where there is reduced visibility in each direction.

We are witness to the dangers of the junction as we hear and see many crashes. Whilst the junction may not be flagged by the statistics, it is still of great concern. A friend was recently crashed into by another driver who had simply not seen her. Her children were in the back of the car. Just before this Christmas, the nanny of one of my son's classmates came off her bike coming round the sharp bend and swerved to make space for an on-coming car, which was too near the centre of the road and had not seen her coming. She fractured her arm in 3 places, requiring surgery, broke her nose and had a tooth knocked out. She is extremely lucky not to have sustained head or spinal injury, or death. She reports her cycling helmet saved her. It is the belief of us and our neighbours that foreseeable accidents will continue to occur: Minor, or major in nature; they could be reduced if a thorough, expert Highways investigation is conducted to address all of the safety issues at this junction and act accordingly.

This ePetition ran from 30/12/2016 to 10/02/2017 and has now finished.

88 people signed this ePetition.