A campaigner has launched a bid to improve safety on one of Newcastle’s busiest roads, after being left shaken by a recent car crash.
Shabs Mohammed is calling for new speed warning signs to be installed on Westgate Road, after witnessing two cars collide in a smash close to The Beacon on May 22. The 41-year-old says there are “constant accidents” on the packed street running through the city’s west end and that “something needs to be done” to prevent another tragedy in an area that has suffered several serious road incidents over the years.
She is organising a petition to campaign for electronic speed warning signs and a defibrillator to be put in place, as well as staging public meetings this month in the hope of raising awareness of the dangers – particularly for children and elderly people. Shabs, who is running a social enterprise pilot at the nearby DiverCity Hub, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that people have been left “very frightened and angry” by the history of crashes on Westgate Road.
