Calls for council to look at danger road
Locals fear another fatality or injury
Rutherglen residents say more safety measures are needed on a road where someone was killed.
A number of accidents have taken place on the town’s Croftfoot Road over the years, with Angela Marshall being killed on it last year.
The 55-year-old died as she was returning home.
More recently, on Thursday, May 2, a woman and child were hit by a car there.
Now locals are calling for something to be done.
Simon Trobe, who runs the Bowhouse Residents’ Association, told the Reformer: “The council should make it a priority before anyone else is injured or killed.
“When you’re turning into the estate, drivers undertake using the bus stop at speed.
“We’re needing traffic lights, zebra crossing, speed bumps, just anything to slow the traffic down. Because of the brow of the hill, drivers and pedestrians can’t see each other.”
South Lanarkshire Council’s head of roads and transportation services, Colin Park, said the local authority and Glasgow City Council have been working together on this matter, reviewing injuryaccident frequency and location along the full length of Croftfoot Road.
He told us: “This showed that the recorded accidents were spread along the length of Croftfoot Road and were not specific to any particular point, and that there were no common causes that could be addressed using engineering
measures. We have given an undertaking to survey pedestrian movement across Croftfoot Road near to Bowhouse Drive and this is programmed to take place this month.
“As is usual practice, once accident details are available for the most recent incident, we will undertake a further review.
“There should be no suggestion that council boundaries are preventing partnership working between road safety colleagues in Glasgow City, particularly in situations such as this.
“The accident record along Croftfoot Road and whether road safety interventions are justified continues
to be considered in accordance with established and successful road safety policies and practices.”
Chief Inspector Stephen McGovern added: “Road safety continues to remain a priority for Lanarkshire Division and officers regularly conduct patrols in Rutherglen and carry out operations to target those who commit road traffic offences.
“These proactive patrols are designed to reassure our communities that we are both listening and responding to their concerns while aiming at improving road safety.
“I would ask that anyone who has concerns about other road users report it to Police Scotland on 101.”