The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
A mum is calling for the speed limit to be lowered near her son’s school after the pair had to “leap out of the way” of an out of control car.
Kelly Wilson says five-year-old Kye still “squeezes my hand in terror” each time they pass the spot where a Mercedes mounted the pavement inches from where they were walking in Spalding Road, Holbeach, last month.
Kelly has called for the support of South Holland and the Deepings MP John Hyes, as well as local councillors in her bid to persuade Lincolnshire County Council highways to drop the speed limit from 40mph to 30mph.
It follows the incident as the pair walked home from William Stukeley Primary School on January 6 in which a white Mercedes car was hit by another car as it pulled out of the Langwith Drive junction, causing the driver to lose control and the car to spin and mount the opposite pavement.
Kelly said: “We had to leap out of the way to avoid being hit.
“My son still squeezes my hand in terror now walking to and from school every time a car goes past us next to the path at 40mph.
“If the speed limit was lower down Spalding Road, the car coming along Spalding Road may have had time to brake in time and certainly their stopping distance and skidding would have been less – which may have resulted in either no accident at all, or a less impacted accident.
“Having lived in Holbeach my entire life of 35years I am aware that there are many accidents along this stretch of Spalding Road every year, however, I was unaware to the extent of the accidents until moving down Spalding Road four years ago.
“Since then I have witnessed many serious accidents at the Langwith Drive junction and also at least three where the cars have mounted the pavements narrowly missing pedestrians, one of which the car went through my neighbours brick wall and another going through the fence and shed of the bungalow opposite my house and again narrowly missing school children and parents walking home.
“Although speeding down Spalding Road is a major issue this is not my main concern and query, it is as to why a restricted, residential road, can be given a 40mph speed limit.”
Kelly says the road near the school meets the criteria for a 30mph limit and is now waiting for a response from the council.
