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Roads: Ballybogey Road

Answer

The chief executive of Roads Service (Dr Malcolm McKibbin) has been asked to write to the noble Lord in response to this question. Letter from Dr Malcolm McKibbin to Lord Laird dated March 2007. As this issue falls within my responsibility as chief executive of Roads Service, I have been asked to reply. May I first say that the fatalities arising from the traffic accidents that have occurred on the Ballybogey Road were most regrettable, and I can assure you that Roads Service gives a very high priority to accident reduction and prevention measures. As you may be aware, Roads Service receives collision reportsfrom the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), which allows us to regularly carry out assessmentsof locations and routes, in conjunction with theRoad Policing Unit, to identify whether there are appropriate measures that could be undertaken to help reduce road casualties. The Ballybogey Road has been assessed both on a regular basis and, along with the Road Policing Unit, following previous fatal collisions. These assessments have not indicated any road improvement measures that could be introduced to help prevent further collisions. A further assessment will be carried out following the latest tragic collision when the outcome of the PSNI investigation into the collision is available. Unfortunately there are incidents such as this where there may be very little in the way of highway measures that would be of assistance to further help the motorist to drive safely.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

2742; 690 c322-3WA

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Accidents Northern Ireland Safety measures Roads

Link

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