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BBC News
08-07-2025
- BBC News
Mum's death prompts A30 junction turning ban trial in Dorset
A temporary ban on motorists driving across a junction on a dual carriageway will be introduced after four people, including a mother of three, died on the same stretch in just over four Avis, 30, died on the A30 between Yeovil and Sherborne at the crossroads with Marl Lane on 1 December 2022, after her Ford Focus was hit head-on by another senior coroner Rachael Griffin sent her concerns to Dorset Council about safety following other fatal crashes in 2020, 2022 and authority is set to introduce a ban on right turns, U-turns and motorists driving straight across the A30 from Marl Lane and Old Compton Road this summer, for a maximum of 18 months. The council is also conducting a feasibility study into the potential introduction of average speed cameras on the A30 to ensure motorists keep within its 60mph (96km/h) speed was introduced in October 2024, with the limit cut from 70mph (112km/h).The council said the measures for the road would need a "significant capital outlay" but that they "underscore [its] commitment to improving road safety on the A30"."This measure will be regularly reviewed for a maximum of 18 months, during which time we will consult on the possibility of making these measures permanent," it told Mrs Griffin. Sylwester Mielczarek, from Yeovil, admitted causing Ms Avis' death by careless driving and was given a 18-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, at Salisbury Crown Court in her death, Ms Avis' family described her as a "hard-working mum", who "lived her life by her three children"."Everything she did, she did for them," the family said in a statement. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
21-05-2025
- BBC News
Coroner's safer road call after mum-of-three killed in A30 crash
Action should be taken to make a road safer after four people died on the same stretch in just over four years, a coroner senior coroner Rachael Griffin sent concerns to Dorset Council following the death of Charlotte Avis, 30, who was killed on the A30 between Yeovil and Sherborne on 1 December Avis, from Milborne Port, was driving her Ford Focus towards Sherborne at the crossroads with Marl Lane when it was hit head-on by another Mielczarek, from Yeovil, admitted causing her death by careless driving and was given a 18-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, at Salisbury Crown Court in February. After her death, Ms Avis' family described her as a "hard-working mum" and said she "lived her life by her three children". "Everything she did, she did for them," the family said in a statement. Mrs Griffin said there were eight crashes at the site of Ms Avis' death since the start of 2014 until fatal crashes were reported there in January 2020, December 2022 and February 2024. The speed limit on the road was cut from 70mph (112km/h) to 60mph (96km/h) by Dorset Council in October Mrs Griffin said she still had "concerns around the layout of the road and the number of collisions in the area and that there could be future deaths".Dorset Council and transport secretary Heidi Alexander must respond to Mrs Griffin's concerns by the start of July. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
