YET again there has been a fatal accident on the A64 in the York area (August 6). How many more innocent people must die before this road is made safer?

I have the dubious pleasure of driving down the road to work every day and often witness near misses where drivers, seemingly with a death wish, pull out of junctions straight into the path of oncoming traffic.

The worst offenders are at the junction of North Lane (near the Hopgrove roundabout) and at the Hazlebush crossroads, the scene of many accidents.

There is also a potential deathtrap where there is a blind summit between the Stockton-on-the-Forest turnoff and the Highwayman cafe. I don't think the safety hatching covers this part of the road.

So if drivers see what appears to be a clear stretch of road, they may think it is safe to overtake, unaware that in the dip is an oncoming vehicle.

Mrs F Jones,

Main Street,

Heslington, York.

...I AGREE with Phil Shepherdson ('Roundabout risks', Letters, July 28).

The crossing at the bottom of Moor Lane near the Askham Bar roundabout, certainly needs to be made safer.

It really is a most hazardous place to cross this very busy road.

Catherine Pickard,

Middlethorpe Drive,

Dringhouses, York.

Updated: 10:14 Wednesday, August 08, 2001