VICTIMS of the notorious A3102, near Calne, are coming out in support of a petition to reduce the road’s speed after a crash put a man in hospital last week.

Pat Jefferies, 62, was being driven to work by a colleague heading south towards Melksham on Monday, June 13 when the car collided with railings along the road side near Mile Elm between Sandy Lane and Calne.

He was initially taken to Great Western Hospital but was then rushed to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, with a bleed on the brain which later developed into a blood clot.

Numerous victims and relatives are urging people to sign a petition 'to help make Mile Elm safer' by reducing the speed limit from 50mph to 30mph as the road comes to the S bends through the village.

Mr Jefferies, of Fairfield, Wootton Bassett, is said to be in a stable condition.

Wayne Jefferies, Mr Jefferies’s son, said: “That road is way too fast especially as they know there has been accident after accident.

“It is a very dangerous road and the council need to sort it out. One fatality should be enough. I know it was reduced from 60 to 50 but that is clearly not enough.

“The amount of lives they could save if they did this. When we were on the road there were cars beeping at us and you could see they were going too fast.”

Campaigners, Mile End Speed Stoppers, who set up the petition, have been protesting for changes to be made to the road since mum-of-three Tracey Rooke, 43, died when her Ford Fiesta collided with a 7.5 tonne lorry on the road two years ago.

Gill Cooper, 50, who was involved in a crash in August 2014, said: “I was coming around the bend and a guy lost control and it was a head-on collision.

“He completely wrote off my car and I was taken to hospital in an ambulance. I was not seriously injured but it was pretty traumatising. I have no doubts it is a dangerous road.”

Trudy Kelly, whose father was seriously injured in a crash in 1999, said: “His hip was totally destroyed in the accident and he never worked again. He was a builder. It completely stopped his career.

“He was just coming out of Mile Elm and a car was coming in the opposite direction at speed and hit him forcing his van off the road.

“It affected him very badly and he was unable to work again and he was only in his early fifties.”

A Wiltshire Council spokesman said “We take road safety seriously and once we receive details on the nature of the collision from the police we will consider any further actions if necessary.”

To sign the petition go to: chn.ge/28M0OS7.