POLICE chiefs insist there is nothing structurally wrong with the A530, the scene of so many tragic accidents in recent years.

The Guardian launched a campaign for safety measures on the road last week following a head-on collision which claimed four lives.

This weekend borough councillor Tom Dunlop will hand in a petition calling for urgent action to local MP Gwyneth Dunwoody.

Sgt Steve Griffiths, Crewe's road policing head, backed calls for safety measures but said there was nothing wrong with the road.

He said: "It is kept in good condition, there is nothing wrong with the surfacing.

"If anything it's too good - reasonably wide, with good views. People feel they can drive relatively fast.

"Motorists look at the part between the Rising Sun and the Sainsburys roundabout and see a nice wide stretch of road where they can put their foot down and have no trouble.

"But also along that stretch there is Colleys Lane and Alvaston Hall and with these turn-offs there is always the potential for a collision.

Speed cameras would need to be combined with other measures, like road narrowing. A speed limit reduction could also have an effect, he believes.

Such matters need to be decided by the county council, he said.

Patrols have recently been increased on the A530 in a bid to educate people about their driving.

"There have been some seven deaths on the stretch between Pym's Lane and the roundabout since May 27.

"Our main priority has to be to stop people dying on this road."

l MOTORIST Paul Wilson crashed on a bend on the A530 between the Brynlow Drive and Clivegreen Lane junctions.

He said: "I was travelling at 40mph a safe distance behind another car, when with no warning my vehicle skidded across the road and ploughed into a field, rolling as it went.

"It was totally out of the blue, largely due to the low speed at which I was travelling.

"Luckily there was no oncoming traffic and I suffered only minor lacerations.

"I went to speak to the guy whose field it was and discovered that I was the fifth vehicle in as many days to have left the road on the same bend.

"I travel this road every day and have seen evidence of a further five vehicles having left the road in the same place since - a total of 12 in the last two months that I am aware of.

"The sheer number of accidents on a very innocuous bend precludes bad driving, speeding or not judging road conditions as the problem, but indicates a direct consequence of a serious flaw with the road itself."