§ 92. Mr. Turtonasked the Secretary of State for Air whether his attention has been drawn to the recent accident on the Great North Road, near Leeming Royal Air Force station, when an aeroplane taking off from the east to west runway crashed into a lorry causing serious in juries to its occupants; and whether he will erect traffic lights operated from the control room of the aerodrome in order to prevent further accidents.
§ Mr. CrawleyMy right hon. Friend's attention has been drawn to this distressing accident. The installation of traffic light signals on roads adjoining aerodromes is the subject of an experiment now being carried out by the Ministry of Transport in conjunction with the Air Ministry at Waddington. There is, unfortunately, a danger, which this experiment has illustrated, that drivers may overrun signals in open country. The experiment is however continuing. Meanwhile, arrangements are being made at Leeming for the use by pickets of special portable signs bearing the words "Stop—Aircraft Crossing."