Two people have been seriously injured in a crash at a notorious South Holland crossroads which is waiting for new signs for a reduced speed limit.
Police are appealing for information after a black Volvo C30 and blue Skoda Karoq collided at 4.15pm on the junction of Fulney Drove and Clay Lake on Saturday.
Two people were seriously injured and a third also received injuries as a result of the collision.
Lincolnshire Police are calling for dashcam footage and information about the incident.
The 60mph speed limit on the stretch of road has been reduced to 50mph because of the number of crashes on the junction, but the signs have yet to be delivered. There have been 15 collisions in five years.
But more intervention is needed, according to campaigners who claim a lower speed limit won’t do enough to stop the repeated crashes.
“It is going to be reduced from 60mph to 50mph which, in my opinion, is a complete waste of time,” said South Holland district councillor Anthony Casson.
“It is just used as a rat run and a racetrack; it is frightening to travel on it, especially first thing in the morning.
“The best thing to do with it is close it from Mill Drove end,” he added.
But after more than 20 years of campaigning for improvements, he said he can’t believe nothing has really changed.
County councillor Thomas Sneath said he also wanted more action before a life is lost at the blackspot.
“Given the continued collisions we believe very reasonable option must now be considered. A more significant intervention may be required, even if some road users consider it excessive,” he said.
Both he and Rob Gibson, deputy leader of the county council, have invited senior highways officials and the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership to meet and review the previous recommendations.
Two air ambulances were at the scene along with land-based emergency services on Saturday afternoon.
A spokesman for the Lincolnshire Roads Safety Partnership said: “The partnership is aware of a number of collisions at the junction. Our accident investigation and prevention team, which includes Lincolnshire County Council engineers, have undertaken a number of assessments and interventions to improve safety.
“Engineering can only achieve so much. Nothing can replace the personal responsibility that we all have to use the roads safely.”
Among the steps taken have been renewing signs, adjusting the layout and the lower speed limit.
The accident investigation team looks at the circumstances of all injury collisions at cluster sites in the county, such as this junction.
Anyone with dashcam footage or information about the collision on Saturday should contact Lincolnshire police by emailing [email protected] quoting incident 299 of September 26.
