HC Deb 18 July 1949 vol 467 cc951-2
25. Mr. Follick

asked the Minister of Transport in view of the serious accident which occurred recently, in which three persons lost their lives and two others were injured, and the number of accidents there has been at this spot, he will give orders that a traffic island shall be constructed at the junction of A6 and A453 in Lockington-Hemington parish, known as Sawley Cross Roads.

Mr. Barnes

A scheme has been prepared for the improvement of Sawley Cross Roads by constructing a roundabout and the works will be put in hand as soon as possible.

Mr. Follick

While offering my right hon. Friend great thanks for this, I should like to ask him if he is aware that 17 accidents have taken place on this spot within the last three years, that the chairman of the Loughborough magistrates has complained about the difficulty in getting this roundabout and that three people have been killed there quite recently?