ePetition details
Make our school crossing safer for everyone
Following a recent accident and many near misses, we urgently
need changes to make the crossing outside Martin Primary School,
East Finchley safer for all users.
A child and parent were hit and injured by a car on the crossing
outside Martin Primary School on the High Road (A1000), East
Finchley on Monday 4 February. There have been two more near misses
in the past week, when drivers failed to stop at the red light as
families were crossing. These are the latest in a series of
collisions and near misses around that crossing. It is essential
that children are able to cross the road safely on their way to and
from school. And it is not just our children who need a safer
crossing: this crossing is also widely used by the local community
as a key route to and from the library, bus stops, allotments,
churches and local shops.
We urgently need a thorough review of safety outside Martin Primary
School, including the junctions with surrounding roads and the High
Road and a commitment to implement changes to improve safety.
The Walksafe campaign in 2012 urged the Council to make changes to the crossing to improve the safety of walking routes to the school including these traffic lights. Many improvements were made then, but need for changes to the traffic lights was to be kept under review. That review is now due. Much has changed since 2012: Martin Primary School now has almost 50% more pupils, the school building and field are now more heavily used by community groups in evenings and weekends; and the Archer Academy is now fully established, bringing extra school children into the area. We need a new transport study to understand how the road works now and swift implementation of changes to improve safety.
This petition has been started by a group of parents and East
Finchley residents. We hope all our neighbours in East Finchley and
everyone who visits the area will support this.
For more information or to help with this campaign, please email
SafeCrossingN2@gmail.com
This ePetition ran from 20/03/2019 to 20/05/2019 and has now finished.
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