An MP is calling for more speed cameras to be installed on a road which has been the scene of a number of crashes, some fatal.
The most recent tragedy to strike on St Helens Road in Daubhill took place on June 22 this year when 63-year-old grandmother Karen Kimblin was killed in a crash.
Although this collision is under investigation, it has prompted renewed calls for action to be taken to make the road safer.
It was the latest in a series of crashes on the road and Bolton South and Walkden MP Yasmin Qureshi has now written to the council calling for urgent action to be taken.
She said: “We have been complaining about the road, about the problems and all the accidents for some time now and no one has dealt with it.
“It’s really important and urgent that all the relevant bodies involved in speed cameras and road safety put their heads together and not pass the buck.”
Other incidents along the stretch of road in recent years included a man being killed on December 21 2021, while on June 21 2016 two cars crashed into people’s homes.
But concerns about the road have stretched back much further.
In 2013 a 13-year-old boy and a 51-year-old man were injured while on their way home from mosque when they were hit by an out-of-control car driven by a racing driver.
In response to the most recent tragedy on St Helens Road, Ms Qureshi attended a public meeting organised by the Friends of Morris Green.
She was there alongside Cllrs Sajid Ali, Abdul Atcha and Ayyub Patel of Rumworth and Cllrs Alaina Khan, Fazeela Khan and Shafaqat Shaikh of Hulton.
After people made their feelings known, Ms Qureshi has now written to Bolton Council while those living nearby have set up a petition.
Ms Qureshi’s letter calls for an urgent meeting to be held between experts from the police, highways team and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
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She has said she believes the road needs at least two speed cameras pointing in both directions on St Helens Road between Adelaide Street and Hulton Lane and for traffic light cameras.
Her letter said: “St Helens Road is a long, straight, wide road and has frequently been used as a racetrack for many years.
“This is a major road used by emergency vehicles and so it is not suitable for installing speed humps.
“Therefore, it needs to have speed cameras and traffic light cameras.”
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