SIR – McAyla Johnston was given a Pride of Britain Award in recognition for her campaign to get two pelican crossings installed on London Road, Worcester, where three years ago she was hit by a car (Worcester News, October 4).
Councillor Roger Knight said that “the only way we are going to get funding to install a crossing [in St Peter’s] is if there is a serious accident” (Worcester News, September 7).
Cars regularly speed along Bilford Road in Worcester and elderly people have told me that they do not attempt to cross the road to get to the shop because it is too risky.
Indeed, I have been told that one elderly man was killed a few years ago while attempting to get to the shop.
I am hopeful that Worcestershire County Council will be able to make Bilford Road safer for pedestrians, otherwise it is only a matter of time before another serious accident occurs.
NEIL LAURENSON
Worcester Green Party
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