Neighbours living on one of Nottinghamshire's steepest roads have detailed its 'perilous' state after it was closed due to icy conditions. Both ends of Freda Avenue in Gedling, which slopes at a slightly alarming angle towards Shelford Road, were cordoned off on Wednesday, January 18.
It had also been smattered with grit, which had only partially removed a layer of ice across the bumpy and uneven road surface. Further down the road, at the junction with Freda Close, a damaged car with a crumpled bumper was being towed away - which a resident claimed had been one of the three cars which had crashed during the same morning.
Neighbours said it took time to get used to the potentially dangerous road, but other locals said they avoided the road even in better conditions. Callum Bruce, 34, a data analyst who lives off Freda Avenue, said he tripped on the road just the other day.
