‘Miracle no-one has been killed’ by speeding on ‘scary’ Nottingham road

A Nottingham[1] mum says it is a "miracle" no-one has been killed by speeding as she steps up a campaign to improve the safety of a city road. Residents have been voicing their concerns[2] over a rising number of crashes in Carlton[3] Road, between Porchester Road and Brentcliffe Avenue. Katie Keating has been leading calls for a road traffic survey, with her own six-year-old daughter Grace helping gather information to send to the council.

Nottingham City Council[4], which is responsible for the quarter of a mile stretch of road leading into the city, has been approached for comment. Mrs Keating, a 39-year-old childminder, says she is regularly "stressing" about cars whizzing down the road while walking with a group of children. "When I'm walking along the road I have visions of what I would do if a car came down out of control, who would I save?" she explained. Get the latest news straight to your phone by joining us on WhatsApp[5]

"I shouldn't be having those thoughts on my mind. Every time a car starts to speed up the kids get close to me." Her daughter Grace added: "It's scary the cars going fast, one hit my friend's car.

I don't want anyone to be killed, it makes me worried. We stay close to mummy when walking and don't go too close to the road." From speaking to neighbours, Mrs Keating says there have been at least nine crashes in the last five years, many of which have been cars hitting parked cars and buildings.

The latest, she says, hit a bus stop on August 26.

"The council told us there had been two accidents in the last five years but there have been two since May," she said. "It's very concerning, there have been serious injuries and cars have been written off. It's usually speeding cars going into parked cars but there have also been e-scooter crashes. "We've been putting leaflets through a lot of letter boxes.

We're trying to put together our own data. The issue is the road is on the brow of the hill, you naturally pick up speed. "I have to put the breaks on and be mindful.

Some people will be at 40mph before going at a downward trajectory, idiots do about 70mph."

Mrs Keating added that the crashes have an impact on the community. "Every time there's an accident the road gets closed and buses get diverted. It's a miracle that no-one has died yet," she said. "It's a matter of time before someone gets killed.

It seems the council are refusing to take me seriously so I'm going to keep putting on the pressure.

They need to do a road traffic survey and decide whether it's speed cameras or speed bumps.

"Even children are commenting on it, my daughter is six and talking about it, one of her classmate's parent's car was smashed into."

References

1. ^ Nottingham (www.nottinghampost.com)
2. ^ voicing their concerns (www.nottinghampost.com)
3. ^ Carlton (www.nottinghampost.com)
4. ^ City Council (www.nottinghampost.com)
5. ^ Get the latest news straight to your phone by joining us on WhatsApp (www.nottinghampost.com)