§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Transport (1) if he will conduct an inquiry into the frequency of traffic hold-ups at the Worsbrough Bridge railway crossing, near Barnsley, with a view to reducing the persistent delays of road vehicles at this point;
(2) how many accidents, fatal and otherwise, have occurred at the Red Lion Corner, Worsbrough, near Barnsley, in the past nine years; to what extent accidents have been reduced since alterations were made four years ago; and whether he will make another survey to see if more accident prevention methods can be introduced;
(3) what estimate he has made of the effects of the projected motorway from Sheffield to Leeds on the accidents occurring at Red Lion Corner in Worsbrough and the hold-up of traffic at the Worsbrough railway crossing; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MarplesBetween 1st August, 1954, and 30th April, 1963, three persons were killed and 30 injured in accidents at Red Lion Corner, Worsbrough. There has been no significant change in the number of accidents since the road was improved in 1959, but traffic has increased by 76 per cent. over the whole period. I have asked my divisional road to engineer to consider whether anything further can be done to improve road safety at this point.
The extension of the M.1 motorway to Sheffield and Leeds will provide a safer, alternative route, enabling traffic to avoid both Red Lion Corner and the Worsbrough Bridge level crossing. I do not consider that any special inquiry is called for.