The Towcester Road in Northampton is a hotspot for speeding cars and dangerous reckless driving. 

It is a busy residential road leading to a large secondary school as well as being flanked by a popular recreational playing field used by many local children, yet motorists continue to speed and drive dangerously daily, regardless of the time of day.

There have been no fewer than 17 serious incidents in the last 5 years, 2 of which having been fatal and the most recent resulting in a young woman now lying in a critical condition in hospital due to the selfishly reckless but deliberately dangerous choice made by a motorist who hit her head on!

How many more lives tragically need to be lost before this road is made safe?!

The speed limit needs reducing to a sensible 30 or even 20mph limit as well as adding some form of speed calming measures such as speed cushions to the road, which will slow speeds but not limit emergency vehicles or buses which frequent the road. Lowering the speed limit alone will not be enough to reduce dangerous speeding driving and collisions will continue to happen.

It is the duty of West Northants Council to make this road safe, steps need to be taken and change needs to happen now!