ePetition - Safer crossings on Hollingbury Road

The T junction that links Hollingbury Road to Hollingbury Crescent is very wide with cars coming from multiple directions (To cross you need to look in all these different directions -towards Fiveway's, South down Hollingbury road, East down Hollingubry Crescent and Stanmer Park Road). Lots of school children must cross this road in the morning/afternoon which is very busy and often children must wait in the middle of the road between cars, as cars can come from so many directions by the time you get half way the traffic has changed on the other side. Plus, drivers often, either leave their indicator on after leaving Fiveways and are not turning or they forget to indicate and turn last minute creating further confusion. Often cars are speeding off the Fiveways junction using either Hollingbury Road or Hollingbury Crescent as a cut through to Lewes Road. So the speed bumps need reinstating between the Fiveways junction and the turning into Hollingbury Crescent to slow traffic down and discourage cutting through. The current markers for a crossing outside No 80 are also insufficient and barely visible, with a upwards slope on both sides to enter the road, meaning smaller people are harder to see especially when cars are parked. A zebra crossing would make crossing at this point safer (and much clearer as a crossing) which is also used by lots of children going to and from school. I have seen on multiple times one car stopping from one direction but not from the other increasing the risk that a child will walk out not realising the other car hasn't stopped. Both Crossings I've mentioned are a through route for children going to Varndean school, Varndean college and Dorothy Stringer school as well as from the other way to Downs infants/ junior school. The combination of a high volume of school children needed to use these routes combined with the dangerous crossing points, heavy traffic and people speeding is a disaster waiting to happen. Thank you for your time. Emma

This ePetition runs from 08/01/2026 to 25/03/2026.

118 people have signed this ePetition.