CALLS have been made for a council to improve a dangerous junction.

Concerned residents and motorists are demanding a mini roundabout be installed at the Shadsworth Road junction with Fecitt Brow in Blackburn before ‘someone gets killed’.

The dangerous junction was said to be the cause of a serious collision between a motorbike and a vehicle last Sunday which landed the motorcyclist in hospital with pelvic injuries.

The junction was closed for several hours which was announced on the Blackburn and Darwen police Facebook page where residents and witnesses shared their concerns about the ‘bad junction’.

Mark McCreadie said he used to live in the area and had always known it to be a danger.

He said: “It’s always been a bad junction, but they won’t do anything about it until someone gets killed, by which time it’s too late.

“It just one of those dodgy junctions that is not always easy to get out of, and has been for a long time.”

“I’ve had change my mind rapidly when I’ve not seen a car coming down the road, but fortunately I’ve not had an accident there myself.”

Suzanne Walmsley, who has lived in the area for more than 30 years, said petitions had been put forward in the past to get calming measures installed to ease problems at the junction.

She said: “There are lots of issues with both Shadsworth Road and Fecitt Brow at that junction.

“Traffic coming down is travelling too fast and cars and vans park next to Forresters pub on Shadsworth road and block the view.

“Fecitt Brow is used as a rat run and by boy racers.”

“We have petitioned for calming measures over 35 years we have lived on Fecitt.

“A roundabout was mentioned but I’m not sure that would ease the accidents.

“One solution could be to make Fecitt one way to Accrington Road plus residents only.”

A spokesman for Blackburn with Darwen Council said: “The council reviews road safety statistics on an ongoing basis on roads and junctions throughout the borough.

“Statistics are then compared to determine any accident hot-spots and those areas, where there are high numbers of serious collisions, are prioritised.”