Holt A148 Cromer Road roundabout to be discussed at meeting

There has been at least six accidents at the A148 Cromer Road roundabout in Holt since it was built in 2016 - including two in the past four months. 

Locals now fear lives could be lost on the roundabout, after a "Chelsea tractor" - a red Range Rover - careered over the north Norfolk roundabout and through a steel fence, before stopping just short of residents' Woodpecker Avenue homes last month. 

Residents say the Holt's A148 Cromer Road roundabout is one of Norfolk's most dangerous roundabouts, fearing it could soon cause of a fatal accident (Image: Denise Bradley)

The car drove over the roundabout and through a hedgerow before crashing through a metal fence into the driveways of homes in Woodpecker Avenue, Holt (Image: Denise Bradley)

Now, North Norfolk MP Duncan Baker has called an emergency meeting into the safety of the roundabout with residents and Norfolk County Council Highways.

The meeting will take place at the A148 Cromer Road roundabout in Holt next Monday (February 12), at 11am. 

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Mr Baker said: "The meeting has been called due to the consistent pattern of accidents that have occurred on the roundabout over a sustained period of time. 

"With no illumination or speed calming measures, these accidents are only going to continue.

"The proximity that cars have ended up so close to residents' front doors has to be addressed before someone is seriously injured." 

Damage to a metal fence outside properties in Woodpecker Avenue, Holt (Image: Denise Bradley)

Debris from the crash at the roundabout outside properties in Woodpecker Avenue (Image: Supplied)

The most recent accident at the roundabout happened in the early hours of the morning of Sunday, January 28. 

Police were called to Woodpecker Avenue at 2am after reports of a vehicle driving around which appeared to have been involved in a collision.

The driver, a woman in her 40s, was later arrested in Holt town centre on suspicion of drink driving. 

The driver, a woman in her 40s, was later arrested in Holt town centre on suspicion of drink driving (Image: Supplied)

Previously, in October last year, a van mounted the kerb of the roundabout, smashing through a hedge near people's homes. 

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The van which crashed through the same metal fence near the roundabout in October last year (Image: Supplied)

Residents reported their concerns to Norfolk County Council after the incident in October, claiming the roundabout is dangerous because it is unlit with a 60mph national speed limit approaching it from both sides.