Narrow Hornsea town centre road is 'fatality waiting to happen'

Campaigners are concerned that someone will be killed due to vehicles mounting the pavement

Residents living near a narrow town centre road say they are concerned that someone will be killed due to vehicles mounting the pavement.

Campaigners said lorries, buses and cars were routinely leaving the carriageway on Westgate in Hornsea to avoid oncoming traffic.

One resident, Pauline McCarthy, said the road was "not fit for purpose".

East Riding of Yorkshire Council said it was unable to comment ahead of a planning committee meeting later.

Ms McCarthy told BBC Look North: "It's the main road in and out of Hornsea and it's a fatality waiting to happen.

"This road is used by our schoolchildren, the elderly, the vulnerable, along with all other pedestrians and oncoming large vehicles put drivers at risk when they come at speed."

Ms McCarthy said the road was not fit for purpose

She said at the narrowest point it was "a struggle" for two cars to safely pass each other.

Ms McCarthy added: "One lady has had to have a bollard erected outside her house because she couldn't get outside her front door with her grandchildren because there were lorries and other vehicles driving within an inch of her front door."

Residents claim scenes like this are a regular occurrence

Sheila Ayre said she was frightened to use her wheelchair along the footpath to get into town.

She said: "I'm lucky that I can get out and walk a little because I'm too scared to sit in my wheelchair because the lorries come so close that they're up on the pavement trying to pass each other, and it's just too scary."

Sheila Ayre says she is frightened to use her wheelchair on the footpath

Another resident, Ash Beech, who moved to Hornsea from London a year ago, described the situation as "ridiculous".

"Having come from London, I understand what traffic is like," he said.

"When I'm walking the dog, there is just not enough space on the pavement because you've got houses being built over this way and big lorries coming through."

Ash Beech describes the situation as "ridiculous"

Residents are concerned the problem could get worse if a new housing development on Rolston Road is approved.