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Council Doesn t Recommend Traffic Lights At Deadly Forest Road Junction
By Oliver Dyer
In April 2019, a three-vehicle crash on Forest Road, Newport took the life of Yvonne Copland, 64.
A car failed to give way on Whitehouse Road, hitting a bus which tried to avoid the impact by swerving onto the other side of the road, causing a head-on collision with another car.
In the aftermath of the crash, a petition was launched which gained nearly 7,000 signatures calling for the Isle of Wight Council to install traffic lights on the crossroads, in a bid to improve safety and prevent further collisions.
In the aftermath of the crash, a petition was launched which gained nearly 7,000 signatures calling for the Isle of Wight Council to install traffic lights on the crossroads, in a bid to improve safety and prevent further collisions. Accident data from the Isle of Wight Council and Island Roads show there is a high probability of a crash occurring at that junction at least once every year, and it is likely that between 25 and 50 per cent of those accidents could kill or seriously injure someone. In the last five years, seven recorded collisions have happened at the junction one fatal and three serious with six of those collisions involving vehicles exiting Whitehouse Road on to Forest Road.