Car accidents upper Lordship (Saturday night (25/1/20))

[TreforL]

There was an accident Saturday night (25/1/20), about 1am, with a car speeding down Lordship Lane opposite the church on the corner of Goodrich Road. A Peugeot was shunted about 5 yards. I am aware of at least two other similar accidents between the library and Townley Road in the last year, do any Forum users know of similar incidents? Starting to wonder if we need to actively do something.

[mrwb]

I live in that area, personally avoid driving out of Goodrich on to lordship lane because lines of sight not good and cars fly up and down the hill.

[seenbeen]

mrwb Wrote:

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> I live in that area, personally avoid driving out

> of Goodrich on to lordship lane because lines of

> sight not good and cars fly up and down the hill.

The only thing that would work would be to fine speeding cars a LOT of money and slap on the points- the 20mph is another joke...

[tallulah71]

well all the cameras in and around ED and Sydenham 20mph zones are working - So anyone going at 24mph at a camera will get caught out.

[TreforL]

Yes, I know what you mean about the Goodrich turning. I don?t think there are any camera?s on the stretch from the library to say the school at the bottom of the hill. Lordship and Townley also has its moments and close misses. Anyone know of any accidents with parked cars?

[fayebarrett]

Another one happened outside my house just before Christmas. He hit 2 parked cars (huge damage to at least one of these). The guy was apparently 5 x over the drink drive limit and driving without insurance. It?s the second crash to happen right outside my house in a year - someone flipped their car last year. They can?t put speed bumps as it?s en route to Kings but cameras would be great!

[kford]

Cameras don't stop drink drivers, nor the uninsured. This accident would still have happened.

[Jennys]

There is I feel a need for a pedestrian crossing on Lordship Lane near Milo Road. Lots of people including school kids and older people cross there. The traffic comes very fast up the hill from the Townley Road Junction towards the library.

[fayebarrett]

kford: No, but in case 1, if he hadn?t been going so fast the damage wouldn?t have been so extensive; in case 2, he wouldn?t have been going fast enough (c60 mph) to flip the car...