Motorists face speed limit cuts on busy A-road with crash rate '10 times higher than it should be'

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Motorists face speed limit cuts on busy A-road with crash rate '10 times higher than it should be'.

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North Somerset Council has revealed plans to reduce speed limits along a 3.8-mile stretch of the A370 between M5 Junction 21 and Hildesheim Bridge in Weston-super-Mare.The busy dual carriageway carries around 35,800 vehicles every day and has long been identified as one of the district's most dangerous roads.

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According to council figures, the route makes up just 0.5 per cent of North Somerset's road network but has been linked to more than five per cent of all reported injury collisions over the past 30 years.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The road has also been highlighted as a significant collision hotspot, with four of the 13 sites identified in the council's latest road safety review located along the route.

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Although the number of road traffic accidents has fallen across North Somerset in recent years, officials...

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