§ Mr. Patrick Maitlandasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) whether, in view of the fatal road accident at Coulter Bridge, near Biggar, on 24th August, he is satisfied with the road safety measures now in force; and when this bridge and its approaches are to be reconstructed;
(2) how many road accidents, fatal and non-fatal, respectively, have occurred since the war at Coulter Bridge, near Biggar.
§ Mr. MaclaySince the beginning of 1946 there have been four accidents at Coulter Bridge, in which five persons88W were killed and two injured. The responsibility for road safety measures at this bridge is a matter for Lanark County Council as highway authority and it would be for them, in the first place, to consider any scheme for reconstructing it and its approaches. I understand that certain works were carried out in 1953 and that the approaches to the bridge are adequately sign-posted and subject to the 30 m.p.h. speed limit.