Snake pass: Speed cameras set to be installed on notorious 'A' road into Sheffield to cut death toll
A notorious rural ‘A’ road into Sheffield could get speed cameras and ‘motorcycle-friendly’ barriers to cut the toll of injuries and deaths.
Sheffield City Council is looking into safety measures on the A57, which leads to the Snake Pass, ‘with a particular focus on motorcyclists and drivers navigating bends’.
They include average speed cameras, high-friction coatings, better lighting and lane markings, and barriers that reduce injury.
The Sheffield section of the A57 under scrutiny runs for seven miles from Coldwell Lane in Sandygate, through Rivelin, Hollow Meadows and Moscar, to just before Mortimer Road, leading to the Strines pub.
Some 31 collisions occurred in the five years to 2023, resulting in two deaths, 20 serious and 20 slight casualties, the authority says.
Now, £268,000 is to be spent on ‘feasibility and design works’, from a £1.76m pot from the Department for Transport.
Between 2018 and 2023 it saw 138 collisions, three deaths, 53 serious and 131 slight injuries.
The money is from the Safer Roads Fund for the highest risk local ‘A’ roads in England.