[spirit48]

Does anyone know why Westwood new road Tankersley to High Green was closed earlier. ??
Police cars were blocking entrance to it, plenty of flashing blue lights further along.

[Doom]

There was an accident.

I've just been for a run and the police were just removing the road blocks. I asked a policeman why the road had been blocked and he said it was an accident.

By the looks of the flashing orange lights, I'd guess it was someone pulling out from the Howbrook junction.

There are a lot of accidents at that staggered crossroads between High Green and Howbrook, I wouldn't be surprised to see traffic lights there some time in the future.

Regards

Doom

[spirit48]

Thanks for that. We were caught in the backlog of traffic along with hundreds of others and it was what we expected. Cheers Doom.

[SYorksDeano]

Accident between car and fire engine I believe

[spirit48]

Originally Posted by SYorksDeano

Accident between car and fire engine I believe

Well not surprised really, the emergency services are always racing down that stretch, I suppose its inevitable that it would happen sooner or later. Cheers.

[Penistone999]

Originally Posted by SYorksDeano

Accident between car and fire engine I believe

Look North said it was a smash between a van and a fire engine

[Eater Sundae]

Originally Posted by Doom

There was an accident.

I've just been for a run and the police were just removing the road blocks. I asked a policeman why the road had been blocked and he said it was an accident.

By the looks of the flashing orange lights, I'd guess it was someone pulling out from the Howbrook junction.

There are a lot of accidents at that staggered crossroads between High Green and Howbrook, I wouldn't be surprised to see traffic lights there some time in the future.

Regards

Doom

I arrived at the McD roundabout at approx 4:40, and the police car was blocking the A61 exit towards Sheffield.

By the time I had re-routed via Chapeltown and was travelling down Halifax Rd, near Lidl, at about 5:00, an ambulance with a police escort and blue lights passed me. I presume it was on the back of this accident. If so, I hope whoever was injured makes a full recovery.

Although we do not know what happened in this case, I do agree that the Howbrook junction is hazardous.

During road works a couple of years ago, the exit from Howbrook was temporarily made into a left turn only (although some people ignored it). At the time I thought that there was a case for making it permanent, to remove one of the hazards.

Edit. Oops, the times above should read 3:40 and 4:00, not 4:40 and 5:00.

[olilew]

i was driving along there about 3pm when it had just happened and the air ambulance was circling very low as if it was looking for a place to land.

[pnut]

The amount of death and injury on that road is ridiculous. Time the speed limit was reduced to 40?...Might just save a few lives