“We, the undersigned, want East Sussex County Council to make funding available to improve the junction of Victoria Drive, East Dean Road and Summerdown Road, Eastbourne and make it safer. We are especially concerned about pedestrians and cyclists – the most vulnerable road users - who include children, the elderly and disabled people.
 
A glance at Crashmap reveals that it is among the most dangerous junctions in Eastbourne’s Old Town, which we think is partly due to the lack of a clear “pedestrian phase” on the traffic lights. Given that three pedestrians and two cyclists have been killed on Eastbourne's roads since mid-2015, including two fatalities on Victoria Drive, this is clearly a very serious issue.
 
Many children who attend Gildredge House, Cavendish, Pashley Down, Motcombe, Ocklynge and Ratton schools have to negotiate this junction on weekdays, along with large numbers of foreign students in the spring and summer months. The issue has been highlighted by a recent collision, which caused the demolition of a flint wall on the corner. It was also mentioned in this article in the Eastbourne Herald on 17th November 2017.