Public meeting to discuss dangerous crossroads

Stewart Huxley said he had helped people involved in "endless accidents"

A public meeting is being held to discuss safety improvements for a crossroad in Shropshire that has been described as the "most dangerous in the region".

The Llynclys crossing on the A483 between Oswestry and the Welsh border has been the site of numerous crashes.

North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan has invited National Highways and local residents to the public meeting.

Stewart Huxley, who has lived next to the crossing for nearly 25 years, said he regularly helped people who had been involved in crashes.

"I always refer to the crossroads like the game Frogger because that's how people try to get across and they take chances they shouldn't take," he said.

"We've been out to endless accidents. We've sat with them until the emergency services arrive. It can get very messy."

His neighbour Julie Emberton said she had also taken in people who had been involved in crashes - in one case she said a person had been stretchered out of her kitchen.

"It is horrendous... and it's getting to the stage now where, if nothing's done, we're going to end up with a major fatality. One of these days one of these lorries is going to end up in our garden," she said.

Mrs Emberton said something needed to be done to make the road safer and hoped a decision could be made at Thursday night's meeting in Llanymynech with National Highways.

Willow Casey-Jones from the White Lion pub on the Llynclys crossroads says they regularly see and hear crashes from inside the pub

Willow Casey-Jones has worked at the White Lion Pub on the corner of the crossroads for over three years.

She said the idea of a car crashing into the building was always in the back of her mind, especially after a car grazed the outside of the pub during a recent incident.

She said: "It's quite scary... just walking around the pub I've witnessed people crashing into the back of each other and you can hear it rattle through the pub."

Mrs Casey-Jones said she thought traffic lights were the wrong answer, but added that something needed to be done.

"I think there should be a speed camera introduced because I've seen the speed cars drive down here and it's definitely not 40 mph," she said.