A parishioner wrote some time ago about putting a 'Stop' sign at the junction of Moulsoe Road and Salford Road - partly prompted by an accident there a couple of months back. Amey have responded as follows:
It would not be possible to provide a STOP sign at the junction mentioned below because it does not meet any of the criteria. The STOP sign is intended for the rare situation where there is little or no visibility and the view of DfT is that any site requiring a STOP sign should have one already and any new situation should be designed so that there is no need or requirement for one. An extract from the Traffic Signs Manual is shown below for your information
I have discussed the accident referred to below with the Police and they are quite satisfied that the layout and signing of the junction played no part in the cause of the accident, rather that there were other factors involved in the accident, in this case most likely was human error. For information, in this instance, one vehicle turned right (from Cranfield Road towards the University) and the other vehicle was travelling north towards Cranfield, hence the signage in the side road was not relevant.
This location has not come up in our annual cluster analysis and whilst in the 5 years prior 2011 there have been no recorded injury accidents, we will continue to monitor this location in the future. At this time therefore we propose no further action at this location.
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Strange that this has been posted because just two weeks ago i nearly got side swiped by a car coming up the hill trying to avoid a car pulling out of the Mulsoe road without stopping. There is very limited visibility on the junction and whilst they may claim theres no need for a stop sign there is very obviously a need for better signage and the hedge and grass to be cut back.
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