A fourth death on Calderdale’s roads in recent months sparked calls for action to be taken to address speeding.
, in conjunction with West Yorkshire Combined Authority, which had a ‘Vision Zero’ goal for no deaths or serious injuries on roads, was doing to improve the situation at the last meeting of the full council, reporting three people had died in incidents.
Agreed early in 2022, there were still not buffer zones in place at the village of Barkisland, where one of the people had lost their life. The issue was raised by every resident at ward forums, parents told her they were afraid to let their children ride their bikes to school and elderly residents said they would not cross the road to get the bus because of the speed which drivers drove through villages, she said.“Please can you reassure me that something is going to be done about road safety, not only in Ryburn but across our wards, because there is a lot of talk and very little action at the minute,” said Coun Issott.
On speed cameras, the Safer Roads Partnership had been asked to look again at around 20 sites that had previously been turned down for cameras.
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