ACTION has been called for over a 'dangerous' road in Oswaldtwistle which has seen a spate of accidents recently.

Cllr Peter Britcliffe, who represents the area on both Hyndburn Council and Lancashire County Council, has appealed for a review to be started into the road's safety.

It comes after police attended a crash in Blackburn Road on Tuesday, November 22, in which a 23-year-old motorcyclist crashed with another vehicle.

Cllr Britcliffe, a former borough council leader, has called on county hall to improve safety 'before it is too late'.

He said: "Over time there has been a series of accidents on that road.

"I have called on the county council to do a safety review on that stretch of road.

"It is one of the most dangerous stretches of road in the area.

"Something needs to be done about this before someone is killed."

County council bosses said that they have found no patten in incidents in the road but will continue to work with the police regarding the site.

Cllr Britcliffe said that residents have contacted him with complaints regarding several problems with the road including parking restrictions being ignored and the speed of traffic.

Cllr Britcliffe said: "There are constant near misses and we see how angry people are getting.

"People parking on corners are causing issues for traffic entering the road from Accrington.

"Because of the speed people build up on straight road you do get cases of speeding."

Other recent incidents on the road include a Hyundai Coupe vehicle carrying three 16-year-olds crashing into a wall earlier this month.

Cllr Stuart Eaves, who also represents the St Andrews ward on Hyndburn Council, has echoed concerns about the road and highlighted several issues with the area.

He said: "There have been a couple of crashes recently with that road.

"Its got quite a lot of bends and they need to do something more for traffic control measures.

"A lot of it is long and straight but then there are some bends that if you don't know the road you wouldn't be aware of, and there are houses either side with cars parked, it is quite tight at the best of times."

Marcus Leigh, Lancashire County Council area highways manager, said: "We have previously investigated safety in Blackburn Road and found there is no pattern of incidents which suggest that we could reasonably put in place engineering measures to reduce them.

"As part of the Lancashire Road Watch Programme, we work with the police to identify places where communities are particularly concerned about speeding, and Blackburn Road is a site where mobile speed enforcement is regularly carried out."