The A61 Penistone Road is one of the most important roads in Sheffield. It connects areas such as Hillsborough, Grenoside, Ecclesfield, Southey Green and Chapeltown with the City Centre. It also provides access to roots further north including the M1, Barnsley and Leeds.With 60,000 journeys each day Travel South Yorkshire say that it is the second busiest road into Sheffield, after the Parkway.
Having claimed over five lives in the past and having had a number of accidents take place the top end of Penistone road which runs through Grenoside to Chapeltown is known as a fatal accident area. There have always been a number of signs warning drivers of this
and telling them to slow down.Since 30th December 2008 this stretch of road has claimed yet another three lives and left others involved seriously injured. The youngest victim was a twenty-year old man from Yew lane, Ecclesfield.
The most recent accident took place on 23rd February, claiming the life of thirty-two year old Anthony Scullion who was pronounced dead at the scene.
The group on Facebook named ‘Sort out the death trap! A61: Penistone road, Sheffield’ has over 590 members. The creator of the group, Claire Salt says that “Something has to be done on this particular stretch of road…I am wanting to get as many people to join this group, both in the hopes of being able to present it to Sheffield City Council along side a petition to have something done with the road”.
A Road Safety Investigation wich took place in June 2008 said that the A61 is the most dangerous road in Britain. Its had an amazing 22 fatal and serious injury accidents in the three years analysed (2004 - 2006). The number of accidents is still rising. The latest accident took place yesterday morning (8th March) around 10am. It wasn't a fatal accident but it shows it keep rising.
Story by Deborah Reilly
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