B4022 fatal: Death on road 'shows dangers' (From Oxford Mail)

B4022 fatal: Death on road 'shows dangers'

6:00am Wednesday 22nd April 2009

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A LANDLORD has called for more speed restrictions on the road outside his pub following the death of a motorcyclist.

Barry Shelton, landlord of The Bird in Hand, on the B4022 between Hailey and Finstock, spoke out after Robert Smith, 46, of Giernalls Road, in Hailey, near Witney, died when his motorcycle and an Audi A4 car collided on the same road on Monday afternoon.

Mr Shelton said: “Something needs to be done about the speed that drivers are coming along here. We need some signs putting up to slow drivers down. You do get cars whizzing along here and it can be very dangerous.

“I’m not trying to be a killjoy, but there are a lot of people that use this road, not just cars but cyclists, pedestrians and horseriders.”

Mr Smith suffered fractures to his arms and legs and was airlifted to the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Oxford, where he later died.

The B4022 along the stretch where Monday’s accident happened is a single carriageway road with a 60mph speed limit. There have been 41 accidents along the B4022 between Whitings Lane in, Hailey, and School Road, in Finstock, in the past 10 years, according to the county council.

A council spokesman said speed limits were constantly monitored.

The 58-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and released on bail.

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