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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Areas of Keswick where most crashes happen revealed in car crash hotspots map
CREATED by two road safety experts, CrashMap highlights the location of every collision on the roads in a given period. The detailed tool shows you not only the severity of the crash – slight, serious or fatal – but also when it took place, the number of vehicles involved and the number of casualties reported. In Keswick and surrounding areas, there were almost 70 vehicle crashes from 2019 to 2023. Crash Map data revealed that out of the total 66 reported crashes, 30 were in the Keswick town centre area. CrashMap incidents reported in Keswick. (Image: CrashMap) The majority of the car crashes were ranked at a slight severity. However, throughout the town, 24 were reported to be serious. READ MORE: Areas of Carlisle where most crashes happen revealed in car crash hotspots map There was one fatal collision outside of Keswick, on the A591 near Millbeck. It was reported in November 2021 that the driver lost control and hit a tree during Storm Arwen. His girlfriend, Lana Maddison, who was 19, died, and Joseph Rowland was jailed for 10 months. The most common areas for serious crashes were on the A66 Keswick Bypass, the Crosthwaite Road junction and the B5289 near Hope Park. Penrith Road was the most common for crashes in the slight category. READ MORE: Off road bike seized after it was caught being used illegally in west Cumbria In May 2023, CrashMap data shows reports of a serious five-car pile-up on the A595 – there were two casualties. From 2019 to 2023, there were 4 reports of crashes which involved a child casualty, one was a serious incident. There were also six pedal cycle casualties, all of which were in the slight category. Across the five years, 8 reports involved young drivers, three were serious crashes, and one was fatal. You can view the interactive map and search for your area here.
Evening Standard
26-04-2025
- Evening Standard
Row intensifies over cycle lane safety plan at dangerous roundabout in west London
The Save Our Streets (SOS) campaign group is disputing the data used by TfL and used Crash Map, an independent website which presents collision data based on records published by the Department for Transport, to argue only one cycling collision is relevant to the roundabout area.
BBC News
22-04-2025
- BBC News
Thousands sign petition over 'accident blackspot' in Shepley
Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for stricter safety measures at a junction labelled an "accident blackspot" by local petition, calling on Kirklees Council to improve road safety on Lane Head Road in Shepley, Huddersfield, has received more than 3,000 signatures, meaning it will trigger a debate over the concerns at a full council Conservative councillor John Taylor, who started the petition, said there had already been "seven or eight" accidents on the road so far this Ahmed, Kirklees Council's cabinet member for environment and highways, said improving road safety was "a priority". Debbie and Roger Griffin, who had both backed the petition, said their car had been written off in a crash on Lane Head Road, at the junction with Carr Lane, earlier this year."We were extremely lucky not to be seriously injured," said Mr couple, who have lived in nearby Stocksmoor for almost 30 years, said the road had "always been known for being quite a risky area"."It's got even worse in recent years," added Mr to the website CrashMap, there had been eight collisions on Lane Head Road at the junctions with Carr Lane, Cross Lane and the A635, known as the Sovereign Junction, between 2019 and of the crashes, of which none were fatal, took place in 2023, which was the last year for which data was Townsend, who works on Lane Head Road, described it as "unbelievably dangerous".Ms Townsend added: "We constantly hear, on a daily basis, the horns and the screeches - and you almost brace for that impact." Taylor claimed the road was "getting worse", adding that "something needs to change".The petition, which labelled the road an "accident blackspot", called on the council to conduct a full safety assessment, to work with the police to tackle speeding and to introduce traffic-calming Ahmed said the council was "committed to our active role in the West Yorkshire Vision Zero partnership to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries across the region"."We welcome petitions, such as this one, as they are an important tool for communities to raise their concerns," he said."Once the petition has been submitted to the council, our officers will undertake a detailed review of what is being requested, and ensure organisers are kept informed." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
