Borough's worst black spot named.
An enquiry made to TfL about collisions in the borough named the Surbiton road as one of the nine locations which meet the Department for Transport criteria for installing a speed camera.
A spokeswoman for the London Safety Camera Partnership (LSCP) said, 'When identifying locations where speed cameras could be of benefit, LSCP does not rely on simply the number of KSIs that occur at any location, but use this criteria to highlight locations where speed cameras could provide the greatest benefit.'
Traffic accidents on the A240 (Ewell Road) have in the past three years caused ten serious injuries including one fatality and 22 other reported collision injuries.
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Not surprised,I used to live in Surbiton and used the Ewell road almost daily and since the road has become so cluttered with endless traffic lights,pointless bus lanes which simply exist to frustrate all road users and the absurd parking on the Broadway,it will only get more dangerous.
When will planners realise that for good road safety there must be good visibilty of the road ahead and as few distractions as possible.
Perhaps the police could nab all the mobile phone users who drive along chatting away oblivious to what is going on around them?
That may halt the carnage but Speed Cameras will simply add to the street furniture causing even greater problems,it will however raise a lot in revenue if anyone is able to drive at more than a snails pace between 0700 and 2300.
I would like to the see the post camera statistics, seeing as cameras do not prevent accidents.
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