Safety measure blamed for intersection crashes

A white sedan rests on a Dunedin footpath yesterday after hitting a wall and fence. Photo: Gregor...
A white sedan rests on a Dunedin footpath yesterday after hitting a wall and fence. Photo: Gregor Richardson.
A chicane designed  to make a Dunedin road safer is causing crashes, a concerned resident claims.

A police spokesman said a white sedan hit a wall at the intersection of Tanner Rd and Garden Pl, in Glenleith, just before 3am yesterday.

Police found the car but the driver had left the scene. Inquiries were continuing to find them, he said.

Garden Pl resident Bill Daly said the sedan  travelled through a "substantial" rock wall and a 1.8m high wooden fence on his property.

The incident was the sixth crash at the intersection since the Dunedin City Council installed a chicane  in Tanner Rd to slow traffic about five years ago.

The motorists continued to travel fast down Tanner Rd and were hitting the chicane and crashing, travelling across an intersection with a compulsory stop sign in Garden Pl and the footpath before hitting the wall.

Residents in the neighbourhood had complained to the council several times but nothing had happened, he said.

The council should remove the chicane and install other features, such as speed humps, to slow traffic, Mr Daly said.

Council staff did not respond to the Otago Daily Times request for comment yesterday.

shawn.mcavinue@odt.co.nz

Comments

"The motorists continued to travel fast down Tanner Rd and were hitting the chicane and crashing, travelling across an intersection with a compulsory stop sign in Garden Pl and the footpath before hitting the wall."

Why blame the chicane? Blame those that are still driving to fast down the stretch of road! The same people who are probably the reason the chicane was put in in the first place.

 

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