A GROUP of residents fed up with seeing lives lost and injuries from accidents on the A34, have set up an action group to drive change.

About 40 people from communities along the dual carriage gathered in West Isley village hall, on Wednesday night, a to discuss concerns and formulate a campaign to make the road safer.

The group was created on Facebook after the latest fatal collision on the road the previous Wednesday. It held its first meeting a few miles from the site of the crash in which Tracy Houghton and her sons Ethan, 13, Josh 11, and her partner's 11-year-old daughter Amiee Goldsmith were killed in an eight-vehicle pile up.

Ms Houghton's partner Mark Goldsmith and his 13-year-old son Jake were following behind in another car and suffered minor injuries.

Twelve people were injured in total and police arrested a 30-year-old man from Andover on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

Safety suggestions at the meeting included reducing the speed limit, lengthening slip roads and improving signage.

Campaigner Cathryn Millward, from East Isley, said: "We organised this meeting for local people who use the road, to come up with ways to make ourselves heard with the relevant authorities and organisations."

Group creator Alasdair Cunningham, also from East Isley, said: "I use the road every day and it makes me uncomfortable.

"There has been a lot of talk, and I felt it was about time to do something.

"We want to be one loud voice rather than many small ones."