A motorcyclist is urging Bradford Council to put up signs warning of new traffic calming measures after he was thrown from his bike when it hit a kerb.

Stuart Green, from Yeadon, was travelling along Harrogate Road, Bradford, on his 50cc Honda bike when he hit the kerb which had been widened as part of a scheme to encourage motorists to slow down.

Although he was travelling well within the 40mph speed limit the collision caused the bike to spin out of control and slide along the ground, throwing him on to the grass verge.

No other vehicles were involved as the accident happened in the early hours of the morning while the 27-year-old telephone operator returned home after a night shift.

And although he suffered only cuts and bruises in the fall he has called on the Council to erect extra signs to warn other drivers about the alterations.

"I use the route regularly and there is no warning of these new kerbs. I was travelling along and all of a sudden the road narrowed. Before I had time to swerve my front wheel had hit the kerb and I was off the bike. I was lucky, but unless something is done to warn others there could be a serious accident," he said. Eccleshill Police traffic manager Sergeant Brian Pickford says he has received a number of complaints about the new measures from nearby residents.

"Luckily Mr Green wasn't seriously injured, but these new kerbs could catch someone else out. Although there are white lines indicating a narrowing of the road, it really needs extra warning signs or reflective posts."

A spokesman for Bradford Council's Highways Department said: "The narrowing of the road at the junction with Chapel Walk is part of a casualty reduction scheme in Harrogate Road from Pullan Avenue to Greengates. New road markings are already in place and bollards will be erected within the next two weeks.

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