Calls for road safety measures after fatal crash

People living by a busy road in East Yorkshire claim the route is so dangerous they sometimes avoid using it.

Last month, a man was killed in a four vehicle crash on the A1035 near the village of Tickton, with another serious accident in February.

A public meeting on Wednesday heard calls for the speed limit to be reduced from the current 50mph (80km/h).

Local resident Susanne Skinner described it as "frightening".

"I don't like leaving the village to be honest," she said.

"Your life's in your hands sometimes. You're driving along, you're indicating to go, there's a space and somebody will speed up to go right over you.

"They will actually overtake you when you're indicating to go out into the road and you're on the slip road. It's unbelievable."

Another villager, Peter, said the recent crash had caused a lorry to smash into his garden fence.

"It crushed the fence a little bit, pushed some trees over and it's on to the sheds of my back garden and quite a lot of debris and stuff ended up in my back garden," he said.

Local Liberal Democrat councillor Paul Smith, who arranged the public meeting, said he hoped to sit down with East Riding of Yorkshire Council to discuss possible changes to the road.

"It was clear long before the most recent incidents that the road needs some kind of measures put in place to make it safer," he said.

"What those measures will look like are obviously dependent on budget and obviously timescale."

A spokesperson for East Riding of Yorkshire Council said: "We understand the recent fatal road accident on the A1035 at Tickton has caused understandable concern within the local community.

"Once the police investigation into this incident is complete, our engineers will carefully review the findings and we will work with our police colleagues to consider any implications."

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