MORE than 80 locations in Bournemouth need better road safety measures but the council can't afford to install them.
The shocking figure was revealed when a member of the public asked for traffic calming measures following a crash near his home in Queens Park Avenue.
Road safety manager Richard Pearson explained that the road has not had seven or more casualty accidents in the last five years and therefore does not qualify.
And he told the concerned member of the public: "There are more than 80 locations around the borough where there is a significant casualty accident record over the last five years (seven or more casualty accidents) and current levels of funding will only allow us to treat a small number of these locations each year."
The resident, who does not wish to be named, said: "I appreciate that we live in a time of ever shrinking local authority budgets. But this issue could result in the deaths of innocent people.
"There are 80 locations that need attention and only a small number can be resolved each year, so essentially it could take over 20 years to stop people dying on our roads, yet the council can find the funding to create infrastructure that will increase traffic in the area and exacerbate the problems in the 80 areas."
The Daily Echo has now obtained a list of the sites and is publishing it today.
Cllr Mike Greene, Cabinet Member responsible for Transport, said: "Despite a reduction in government funding we continue to invest around £600,000 per year specifically on various engineering and educational road safety projects to physically improve safety, and educate the public on road safety matters.
"We continue to work closely with the Dorset Road Safety Partnership to monitor reportable road collisions and casualties with an aim to target where road safety initiatives and improvements will most effectively reduce casualties.
"We are committed to reducing the number of collisions and casualties on Bournemouth’s roads and we are continuing to see a downward trend in the statistics. "
Cllr Greene said the council supports the Dorset Police No Excuse and community speed watch initiatives.
The 85 sites are as follows:
1. Bournemouth station roundabout
2. St Paul's roundabout (East side)
3. Poole Lane (Clockhouse) roundabout
4. Cooper Dean roundabout (south)
5. Cemetery junction
6. Castle Lane East/Chaseside/Hospital
7. Richmond Hill roundabout
8. Lansdowne roundabout
9. Christchurch Road/Ashley Road/Heathcote Road junction
10. Christchurch Road/Holdenhurst Avenue junction
11. Holdenhurst Road outside travel interchange
12. Boundary Road roundabout (East side)
13. Wimborne Road/Alma Road/Talbot Road junction
14. Talbot Avenue/Talbot Road roundabout
15. East Avenue roundabout
16. Seabourne Road/Beresford Road/Wentworth Avenue junction.
17.Wimborne Road/Withermoor Road/ WycliffeRoad junction
18. Bournemouth West roundabout
19. Christchurch Road/Seabourne Road/Clarence Park Road junction
20. Christchurch Road between Knowle Road and Boscombe Spa Road
21. Holdenhurst Road/ Washington Avenue
22. Merge on to Wessex Way from Richmond Hill roundabout
23. Charminster Road/Capstone Road/Kings Road/Alma Road/Richmond Park Road junction
24. Charminster Road/Iddesleigh Road/Lowther Road/Heron Court Road junction
25. St Michael's roundabout
26. Lansdowne Road/Cavendish Road/Beechey Road junction
27. Tuckton roundabout
28. Alma Road/Heron Court Road junction
29. BIC roundabout
30. Christchurch Road between St John's Road and Hamilton Road
31. Charminster Road between Maxwell Road and St Alban's Avenue
32. Commercial Road between St Michael's Road and Poole Road
33. Wimborne Road/ Castle Road/Brassey Road
34. Queens Road/Poole Road
35. Christchurch Road/Droxford Road
36. Cooper Dean roundabout (north)
37. Castle Lane West/Woodbury Avenue
38. Madeira roundabout
39. Christchurch Road/Crabton Close Road
40. Bear Cross roundabout
41. Bath Hill roundabout
42. Charminster Road/Wellington Road mini roundabout
43. Christchurch Road/Exton Road
44.Wimborne Road/School Lane
45. Wimborne Road/Kemp Road/ Latimer Road
46. Mountbatten Arms roundabout
47. Old Christchurch Road, Horseshoe Common
48. Old Christchurch Road between Lansdowne roundabout and Stafford Road
49. Richmond Park Road/Springbourne roundabout
50. Castle Lane West/Yeomans Road
51. Holdenhurst Road between Curzon Road and Jefferson Avenue
52. Redhill roundabout
53. Charminster Road/Malmesbury Park Road
54. Charminster Road/Shelbourne Road
55. Wimborne Road/ Malvern Road/Redhill Crescent
56. Wimborne Road between Hawthorn Road and Luther Road
57. Southbourne Grove junction with Chestnut Avenue
58. Holdenhurst Road/Cotlands Road
59. Christchurch Road/Queensland Road/Warwick Road
60. Northbourne roundabout
61. Wimborne Road/Meyrick Park Crescent
62. Castle Lane East/Riverside Avenue
63. Talbot Avenue/ Talbot Road
64. Wallisdown Road/Kinson Road
65. Holdenhurst Road/Cleveland Road
66. Christchurch Road/Hamilton Road/ Drummond Road
67. East Way/Charminster Road
68. St Swithun's roundabout
69. Holdenhurst Road, south of Wellington Road junction
70. Palmerston Road/Centenary Way
71. Gervis Place
72. The Broadway roundabout
73. Alma Road/Stokewood Road
74. Turbary Park Avenue/Columbia Road
75. Ringwood Road/Paddington Grove
76. Wimborne Road/Dean Park Road
77. Christchurch Road/Derby Road
78. Castle Lane West/Cattistock Road
79. Wallisdown Road/Bryant Road
80. Ashley Road/North Road/Shelley Road/ Shelley Road East
81. Ashley Road/Centenary Way
82. Iford roundabout
83. Wimborne Road/Leslie Road
84. Charminster Road/Firbank Road
85. Redhill roundabout
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