A BRADFORD business owner has called for a review of safety measures and alteration of a Wibsey roundabout following a crash there last week.

Ian Rivers, who is owner of Horton Motor Factors near the roundabout at the junction of St Enoch's Road, Brownroyd Hill Road and Watty Hall Road, said it is blighted by collisions and near misses.

"This junction needs to be altered," he said. "I see accidents and near misses all the time. "The horns are always blaring.

"The Council needs to make sure something gets done before someone dies."

"Too often the drivers approaching the roundabout don't see it.

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: A view of the approach to a roundabout in Wibsey.A view of the approach to a roundabout in Wibsey. (Image: Google Street View)

"The junction just doesn't work.

"It used to be a straight through road for drivers on St Enoch's Road, so now people going on this major road expect to have the right of way."

Mr Rivers was at his business when a crash occurred on the roundabout last week.

"It was a severe impact," said Ian Rivers. "The police, fire service and ambulance service were all at the scene. A woman had to be cut out of a car."

Bradford Telegraph and Argus: A crash at a roundabout in Wibsey last week.A crash at a roundabout in Wibsey last week. (Image: UGC)

"I'm a motorcyclist and there's no way I would use this roundabout. There are too many accidents there.

"This junction needs modifying and there needs to be better signage - something to slow these drivers down.

"It might save somebody's life.

"It's easy to miss signs, especially when the sun is setting and drivers on St Enoch's Road can't see.

"The two minor roads (Broomroyd Hill Road and Watty Hall Road) are give ways.

"It's also the ignorance of drivers that causes problems.

"The quality of driving is poor in Bradford."

A Bradford Council spokesperson said: “This junction has a relatively good safety record, with only one previous recorded minor incident in the last five years.

“However, we are going to review the condition of the road, the signing and the lining of it. We will consider whether any further measures are needed.”

Mr Rivers also contacted the T&A seven years after witnessing an incident of dangerous driving on the roundabout.

At the the time, he called for improved signage and replacing painted-on mini-roundabouts with barriers like islands.

At the time, he said: "When this junction was altered and the craze of mini-roundabouts came to the fore, I spoke to the Highways department and made protest that it wouldn't work."