CALLS have been made for more safety measures to be introduced to ‘notorious’ roads in Accrington.

Councillors have highlighted Queens Road and Queens Road West as areas where more needs to be done to prevent speeding, after residents raised their concerns.

Lancashire County Council has said a speed indicator device has been put in Queens Road, but mobile speed enforcement was not a priority at this time.

It comes after Cllr Peter Britcliffe asked for more to be done to tackle speeding in Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle, recently.

Cllr Paul Cox, who represents the Milnshaw ward on Hyndburn Council, would like to see more traffic management being put in place in the two roads.

He said: “It definitely needs something to be done and I’ve had several complaints from residents.

“It’s a nice long stretch of road and cars pick up quite a bit of speed along it. I think it could be a danger to leave things.

“It would be good to see some more speed patrols and traffic management on the road.”

The councillor pointed to an incident in June this year where a man was arrested on suspicion of drink diving after crashing into a parked car in Queens Road West.

He said that the resident involved has came to him several times since having suffered damage to vehicles from cars driving by.

Two schools are located in the roads, St Christopher’s CE High School and Accrington Academy.

A spokesman for Lancashire County Council said: “We have carried out a speed survey in Queens Road and discussed the results with the police at a recent Speed Management meeting.

“The recorded speeds were such that the police were not able to prioritise mobile speed enforcement at this location at the present time.

“We have put a speed indicator device in Queens Road which will remain in place until the end of next week.

“The speed indicator device will be turned around to face the traffic travelling in the opposite direction next week.

“Where communities have concerns about speeding, and in instances like this where vehicles are travelling slightly above the speed limit, our first course of action is to put up a speed indicator device to make drivers aware of their speed, and encourage them to observe the limit.”

Along the stretch of the roads, which lead into each other, there are existing speed bumps, but the councillors have urged the county council to boost safety further.