LAYBYS, chevrons and better signage are some of the safety measures being discussed for the A34.

After a review was carried out by Highways England, MPs and campaigners have come together to discuss immediate solutions.

A fresh outcry over safety on the A-road erupted in August, when a multi-vehicle pile-up at Hinksey Hill injured 13 people – including three-year-old Isla Wiggin, who later died in hospital.

In another crash just two weeks earlier at East Ilsley, Tracy Houghton, her sons Ethan, 13, and Josh, 11, and her partner’s 11-year-old daughter Amiee Goldsmith, from Bedfordshire, died in an eight-vehicle crash. Twelve others were injured.

MP Nicola Blackwood said the safety review is 'essential' after four serious crashes on the road already this month.

Wantage MP Ed Vaizey said there will be a concentrated effort to install safety measures along that part of the route.

He said: “The themes for us going forward are safety measures like chevrons and better signage because sometimes people can break suddenly and turn off because they have not seen the signs properly.

“I think the most important part that we discussed was introducing laybys.”

Mr Vaizey was joined by other Oxfordshire MPs Andrew Smith, Nicola Blackwood and Victoria Prentis as well as Thames Valley Police and campaigners from the A34 Action Group at a meeting on Wednesday.

He added: “Laybys could be very important for the road for two reasons.

“The first being it can be used as a ‘safe haven’ for vehicles involved in an accident to be moved on to.

“Secondly it can be used for police to park up and monitor drivers along the road.

“You never see police along the A34 to monitor drivers because there is nowhere for them to safely park.

Mr Vaizey said a meeting was scheduled with the Minister of Transport to discuss a traffic management system.

He added: “It was very important for us to look at the safety review to see if it would hold up existing plans for a traffic management system which we hope to be approved next year.”

Oxford West and Abingdon MP Mrs Blackwood has welcomed the 'essential' review and says it is vital all agencies work together.

She said:"This Safety Review will be essential for the future of the A34; already this month there have been four serious accidents on the road.

"The National Infrastructure Commission’s interim report now published is clear on the need for a joined up approach with Highways, LEPs and local authorities in working towards a long term strategy.

"We will continue to work together, pushing for an appropriate timescale for the Safety Review and, crucially, HE have assured us that existing commitments will be honoured while the work is ongoing."