Safety plans after crashes on Ansty Road

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Safety plans after crashes on Ansty Road

Postby dutchman » Tue Nov 04, 2014 4:20 pm

Councillors are discussing installing safety measures at a road junction in Coventry which has seen eight serious crashes in the past three years.

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The incidents, including a fatal crash, happened at Ansty Road's junction with Wyken Croft, records show.

Five options are being considered, including introducing traffic lights, a mini roundabout or a signal stopping right turns out of Wyken Croft.

It follows an e-petition by residents who called for safety improvements.

The organiser of the petition wrote: "I have seen many accidents at the Ansty Road/Wyken Croft junction during peak times."

The council said the junction had a "poor record" and its report concluded the predominant factor in seven out of eight of the accidents "was drivers making a right turn manoeuvre either into or out of the junction".

The council recommended that one of its five options be included in budget calculations in the future.

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Re: Safety plans after crashes on Ansty Road

Postby rebbonk » Tue Nov 04, 2014 5:33 pm

Close the reservation off and make it left turn only out of both Wyken Croft and Arch Rd. That junction has been problematical for as long as I can remember.
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