Accidents galore on Pierre Road

Pierre Road resident Shirley Young narrowly escaped serious injury when she was involved in an accident just outside her house on 6 May.

Young explained that she was busy driving home at around 2.45 pm when a car drove behind her at a high speed, and it clipped her while trying to overtake her.

“My car is a write-off because – as I was slowing down and started to indicate – the man drove over a solid line on the road to try and overtake me when he clipped my car from the right side at the back,” said Young.

Her car’s boot took the brunt of the force, causing the right rear tyre to burst.

“Upon impact, I fell forward in my seat (luckily I had my seat belt on) and after I fell forward my seat broke and the back support collapsed which caused me to lie flat on my back following the crash. I was lucky to walk away with one or two bruises because it could have been so much worse,” added an emotional Young.

She explained that her concern about motorists who speed in the area is that there is a school, a church and a restaurant next to this road and if an accident had to happen close to one of those entrances, then there could be a couple of serious injuries.

“The only solution to this problem is speed bumps which have been raised with our local councillor.”

Ward 97 councillor Jaco Engelbrecht explained that Pierre Road has been made safer at night following the installation of new street lights but the speeding is still a concern.

“Residents will need to start a petition and convince the City to install new speed bumps otherwise they can do it out of their own pockets but they will have to pay R90 000 per speed bump.”

It is understood that Young reported the matter to Honeydew Police Station and that a case of reckless driving has been opened, the details of which are still to be confirmed.

Comment from Johannesburg Roads Agency is still awaited.