Lib Dems in Haringey have called on Haringey Council to detail what action it is taking to address the problem of soaring numbers of serious injuries and deaths on Haringey’s roads.

The calls come following the publication of the Council’s Best Value Performance Plan (BVPP) in which for the third year running deaths and serious injuries have risen – this time to 191 (provisional figures).

The figure is eleven more than 2003/04 and 31 more than the 2002/03 figure.

The Lib Dems have successfully campaigned for greater road safety measures in the borough for many years. In recent times they have successfully lobbied for parking restrictions on the junctions of various accident blackspots to improve driver and pedestrian visibility and supported and assisted successful bids for Safer Routes to Schools money that has contributed to the fall in traffic accidents involving children.

Lib Dem traffic spokesperson, Cllr Susan Oatway, has this week written to Haringey Council expressing concern at the continuing rise in the figures and requesting details of what work they are doing to curb this worrying trend.

Cllr Susan Oatway comments:

“These figures are worrying. Road safety issues must be addressed in Haringey and we will, along with Lynne Featherstone MP, be pressing the Council to do so.”