{"id":35035,"date":"2019-03-12T15:56:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T15:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=35035"},"modified":"2019-03-12T15:56:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T15:56:43","slug":"call-to-move-citys-most-dangerous-crossing-after-schoolboy-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/12\/call-to-move-citys-most-dangerous-crossing-after-schoolboy-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Call to move &quot;city&#039;s most dangerous crossing&quot; after schoolboy accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35037\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-1024x588.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-1024x588.png 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-770x442.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-1536x881.png 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-500x287.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-293x168.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-1400x803.png 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35037\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-1024x588.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-1024x588.png 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-770x442.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-1536x881.png 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-500x287.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-293x168.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction-1400x803.png 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-junction.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">RESIDENTS are calling for a &#8220;dangerous&#8221; crossing to be moved after a schoolboy was knocked off his bike by a car while using it.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The 15-year-old was on his way home from school when he was hit by a black car while on the crossing between Heol\u00a0Don in\u00a0Whitchurch\u00a0and Station Road in Llandaff North.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Denise Sargent said her grandson, Jacob, was left shaken up and that the driver of the car did not stop or get out of his vehicle to check on him following the incident at about 3.25pm last Thursday.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cHe was sprawled on the floor having landed on his knees, which are cut and bruised,\u201d she said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe driver didn\u2019t stop but wound down his window and\u00a0said:\u00a0\u2018are you okay?\u2019 and Jacob put his thumbs\u00a0up.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mrs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Sargent said her grandson made the gesture because he was \u201cembarrassed, scared and shocked\u201d, and she felt the driver should have got out of his car to check on him nevertheless.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The incident was reported to police, who said they need witnesses or CCTV footage to be able to trace it, so\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mrs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Sargent took to a community Facebook group to call upon anyone who saw the black car.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35038\" style=\"width: 502px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35038\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Facebook-post-hit-and-run.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Facebook-post-hit-and-run.png 502w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Facebook-post-hit-and-run-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Facebook-post-hit-and-run-500x348.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Facebook-post-hit-and-run-293x204.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35038\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Facebook-post-hit-and-run.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Facebook-post-hit-and-run.png 502w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Facebook-post-hit-and-run-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Facebook-post-hit-and-run-500x348.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Facebook-post-hit-and-run-293x204.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/noscript> Mrs Sargent appealed for witnesses in a community Facebook group.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW242835324\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW242835324\">Her post has been shared over 100 times, with many residents showing concern over the crossing. One commenter dubbed\u00a0it \u201cthe most dangerous crossing in Cardiff\u201d, while another called it \u201ca serious accident waiting to happen\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gemma Parr, 33, from\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whitchurch<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, said<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: \u201cI think it&#8217;s extremely dangerous. I would say\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the majority of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0users are be school children as it&#8217;s a connecting road from\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whitchurch<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Primary to Llandaff North.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe main problem is where it&#8217;s situated. In my opinion it&#8217;s too close to the brow of the hill.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI&#8217;ve lost count of the amount of times cars have come up the hill and not stopped as they don&#8217;t see us waiting or they don&#8217;t know there&#8217;s a crossing there.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Another\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whitchurch<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0resident, who asked not to be named, said:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIn my opinion, the crossing is not in the correct place as\u00a0people can walk straight on to it from the side road and you can&#8217;t see them. Also, it\u2019s extremely poorly lit.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cPersonally, I would like to see it moved away from the top of the bridge and have much better lighting. Even though I know it&#8217;s there I&#8217;ve had a few narrow misses when it&#8217;s dark, raining and the pedestrians are wearing dark clothing.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35039\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35039\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-35039 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-1024x585.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-770x440.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-1536x877.png 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-500x285.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-293x167.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-1400x799.png 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35039 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-1024x585.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-770x440.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-1536x877.png 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-500x285.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-293x167.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side-1400x799.png 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Heol-Don-station-road-other-side.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> View of the junction from Heol Don.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mrs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Sargent and other residents have appealed to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">councillors<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to ask for road safety measures to be put in place.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt is clearly quite a common issue there so I think if they put up some metal barriers and railings so anybody coming around the corner would have to slow down,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mrs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Sargent.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThey certainly need to look at safety improvements on that crossing. It needs looking at before somebody gets seriously hurt,&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">she added.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jennifer Burke-Davies,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Labour<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Councillor<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0for Llandaff North<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, said: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">In 2018, we worked with the community on a traffic consultation for Llandaff North Ward where it was made clear that there is a strong feeling from residents to reduce the speed of Station Road from 30mph to 20mph, especially at this crossing to further reduce the risk of accident.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cOriginally, the crossing was moved to its current position in the hope that drivers would slow on approach, as this was already being used as a crossing by pedestrians.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThere is ongoing work to address the traffic and parking issues currently experienced in Llandaff North Ward and a change of speed limit would be considered as part of these.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Michael Phillips, Conservative\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Councillor<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whitchurch<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tongwynlais<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0advised residents via the community Facebook page that Cardiff Council put the zebra crossing in because people were crossing at the junction anyway.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">He promised residents he will speak to the council to discuss the crossing and adding in further safety measures.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RESIDENTS are calling for a &#8220;dangerous&#8221; crossing to be moved after a schoolboy was knocked off his bike by a car while using it. The 15-year-old was on his way home from school when he was hit by a black car while on the crossing between Heol\u00a0Don in\u00a0Whitchurch\u00a0and Station Road in Llandaff North. Denise Sargent said her grandson, Jacob, was left shaken up and that the driver of the car did not stop or get out of his vehicle to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":35258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,230,3,113,89],"tags":[6570,6571,231,532,4878,240,6572],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-35035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-lead","category-llandaff-north","category-news","category-uncategorised","category-whitchurch","tag-heol-don","tag-hit-and-run","tag-llandaff-north","tag-road-safety","tag-station-road","tag-whitchurch","tag-whitchurch-primary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Call to move &quot;city&#039;s most dangerous crossing&quot; after schoolboy accident - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/12\/call-to-move-citys-most-dangerous-crossing-after-schoolboy-accident\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Call to move &quot;city&#039;s most dangerous crossing&quot; after schoolboy accident - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"RESIDENTS are calling for a &#8220;dangerous&#8221; crossing to be moved after a schoolboy was knocked off his bike by a car while using it. 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