A plea has been made for speed cameras along a troubled road.

Residents say speed is the main issue for Meltham Road and that cameras are now the only solution to slowing traffic down.

It comes after two accidents on Saturday on the road from Lockwood to Meltham.

Stephen Knight, of Netherton Tenants and Residents’ Association, said: “It’s speed that is the problem on this road, if we can cut speed we can cut down the number of accidents and people with injuries.

“Colleagues have asked for speed cameras and they’ve also asked for 20mph reductions in Netherton village.

“Highways has spent thousands and thousands along this road, but it’s not slowed down the speed people are driving at.”

Meltham Road was the scene of two separate accidents on Saturday, closing it for several hours.

The first occurred at noon close to Huddersfield RUFC’s Lockwood Park rugby ground, with as many as four cars thought to have been involved.

Police attended a second crash on Meltham Road just after 10pm.

The road linking Meltham with Huddersfield is considered one of the most dangerous in town, especially the notorious ‘Big Valley Bend’ at Armitage Bridge.

Last summer firefighters described how one driver was lucky to be alive after smashing into a wall on Meltham Road in Netherton.

In 2012, following a series of serious accidents, Kirklees backed anti-speeding measures, including mobile speed cameras; reducing the speed limit; and painting no overtaking lines between Healey House bends and Bent Ley Road in Meltham.

Mr Knight added: “I don’t blame the councillors, they are doing what they can and we have a fantastic relationship with them.

“But there are problems by Lockwood Cemetery and under the railway bridge where the road narrows too much.

“I know people slow down for a single camera and they put their foot down once they’ve passed it, so it will mean there needs to be a few, like there is along Manchester Road.

“The local authority doesn’t make anything off cameras, it goes to the national government, so it’s worth the council asking to keep it. If they’re having to take these steps they should get something back for the cost.”