MP calls for action after 12th Wakefield Road death

Apr 21 2009 By Sam Casey

THE time to talk is over – now it’s time for action.

That’s the message from a concerned MP following the latest death on a road that has claimed a dozen lives.

Wakefield MP Mary Creagh made the call after a 34-year-old Heckmondwike man died in a crash on Wakefield Road on Saturday night.

He was a passenger in a Nissan Micra travelling from Grange Moor towards Wakefield when it came off the road and hit a tree near the National Coal Mining Museum shortly after 9.30pm.

The 24-year-old driver, believed to be from Dewsbury, suffered minor injuries.

He has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving and dangerous driving.

The death is the 12th on Wakefield Road in 16 years.

Ms Creagh, whose constituency includes the spot where the crash happened, has been campaigning for action to combat the problem.

She met police and officials from Kirklees and Wakefield councils to discuss the issue in February.

She said: "The time for talk is over and the time for action is here.