Woman injured at Burley-in-Wharfedale accident blackspot (From Ilkley Gazette)

Woman injured at Burley-in-Wharfedale accident blackspot

10:15am Thursday 4th February 2010

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A WOMAN has been seriously injured at an accident blackspot near Burley-in-Wharfedale - just days before a lower speed limit was due to be introduced.

The 32-year-old, from Cookridge, was heading towards Otley on the A660 Ilkley Road at Maple Grange bends on Monday evening when her Peugeot 106 was in collision with a Volkswagen Passat heading in the other direction.

She was taken to Leeds General Infirmary with serious injuries, and West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesess.

Maple Grange bends has been the scene of several serious (and in 2007, two fatal) crashes in recent years, leading to repeated calls for a lower speed limit and other action to be taken to improve safety.

Leeds City Council (LCC) actually announced last summer that it was planning to introduce a 50 mph limit, and Councillor Ryk Downes (Lib Dem, Otley and Yeadon) confirmed that workmen were due to begin installing the necessary poles and signs for that to happen this week.

He said: "I'm very concerned to hear of another accident at this blackspot area. We don't know, of course, at this stage if speed was a factor in this crash but it may have been and it is unfortunate it has happened just before the speed reduction was scheduled to take place.

*Anyone who saw the accident on Monday is asked to contact PC 5161 Craig Blake at the Roads Policing Unit at Horsforth police station on 0113 239 5031.

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