HC Deb 30 March 1960 vol 620 c1303
23. Mr. Russell

asked the Minister of Transport if he will state the number of accidents resulting in death or injury which have occurred in Whitton Avenue, along the boundary between Wembley and Ealing, in recent months; and how this compares with previous periods

Mr. Hay

In the six months from September, 1959, to February, 1960, there were two fatal and eight injury accidents in Whitton Avenue along the boundary between Wembley and Ealing. In the corresponding months a year earlier there were two fatal and eighteen injury accidents.

Mr. Russell

Is my hon. Friend aware that there are serious accidents along this road? There is only one pedestrian crossing between the junction with Bridgewater Road and the point where Whitton Avenue runs wholly into Ealing. Will my hon. Friend look into the possibility of providing more crossings?

Mr. Hay

The figures are disturbing. A lot of the trouble may be due to the fact that Whitton Avenue is temporarily carrying a heavier volume of traffic because of construction of the underpass at Hanger Lane. I will look at the question of the provision of more pedestrian crossings but without giving an undertaking that we can necessarily provide them.