Road safety campaigners are calling for urgent action after a junction claimed its fifth victim in ten weeks.

A woman motorcyclist suffered serious injuries when she was flung from her bike after she was in collision with a car at the junction of Hebden Road and Brow Top Road, Haworth.

Andrea Norcliffe, 29, of Todmorden, suffered a broken leg when her Honda motorcycle crashed through a metal barrier as she travelled towards Haworth from Oxenhope along Hebden Road on Saturday.

She is being treated in Airedale Hospital, Steeton, where her condition is comfortable. The car involved, which was being driven by a Cullingworth woman, was travelling down Brow Top Road.

Four other crashes have happened at the junction - none of which were serious - since the road was re-opened after £6 million was spent by Bradford council to stop Hebden Road crumbling away into the valley below.

Members of Haworth Road Safety Action Group had campaigned during the 12 months of the work to get Bradford Council to set up road safety measures along Hebden Road in time for the re-opening.

And last month, highways bosses agreed to spend £40,000 on measures to slow down traffic and make the junction safer, but put no deadline on when the work would be completed.

Campaigner Rose Greenwell said: "We've been promised the money but given no date. We've had this other accident, which is serious, so I think the Council should be thinking of getting on with the work quickly. Do we have to wait until someone is killed?''

She is supported by Keighley PC Jim Brooksbank, of Keighley road traffic police, who said: "It's a bad junction and there is poor visibility, especially coming down from Brow Top Road.

"I will certainly be making some recommendations about the junction and speaking to Bradford Council about the matter.''

Council officers are drawing up proposals for the junction which could include road narrowing and improved visibility measures.

They are currently under consideration by the transportation, planning and design sub-committee.

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