Call for action on York road that has had 96 recorded crashes

Acomb Road in York.

Cllr Kallum Taylor, top right, says safety imprtovements are bneeded on a road which has had 96 recorded accidents in 24 years. The most recent, last week, saw a car flip onto its side (Image: Google Street View) A CITY councillor has called for safety improvements to a York road which has seen almost 100 recorded crashes in the last quarter of a century.

Holgate councillor Kallum Taylor spoke out after the most recent crash in Acomb Road, on January 11, which saw a car flip onto its side. Fire crews had to get in through the boot to free the occupant, who was unhurt. Cllr Taylor tweeted in the immediate aftermath of the incident ‘Hope all involved are OK.

But he then added, in the same post: “How many more, @CityofYork/ @NYorksPolice?” Speaking to The Press, Cllr Taylor said that the website crashmap.co.uk revealed that, in the last 24 years, there have been no fewer than 96 recorded crashes along Holgate Road and Acomb Road. “That’s 3-4 every year on average – and likely omits many near misses,” he said.

York Press: Detail from crashmap.co.uk showing some of the recorded crashes on Acomb Road

Detail from crashmap.co.uk showing some of the recorded crashes on Acomb Road (Image: crashmap.co.uk) He said the road was so wide it ‘almost invited’ some motorists to drive recklessly. “Something could so easily go wrong,” he said.

“You’ve got a school on that road, two churches, shops at either end, a working men’s club, the Fox pub.

We’re just asking for trouble.”