A father and daughter team have won a promise that a speed camera with be introduced on a notoriously dangerous East Lancashire Road.

Lancashire County Council have put the device on Blackburn Road in Oswaldtwistle into their programme. 

St Andrews ward's Cllr Peter Britcliffe and his daughter, Hyndburn MP Sara Britcliffe, have been campaigning for action to cut speeding on the road -dubbed the most dangerous in the borough - since 2018.

Now with the aid of fellow Oswaldtwistle Conservative councillors Marlene Haworth, and Zak Khan and residents they have won a pledge that new safety measures on Blackburn Road are on the way.

Miss Britcliffe launched a ‘Say No to Speed’ campaign on the road after her election to Parliament in 2019 and has been repeatedly dealing with householders' concerns about motorists using the road as a ‘racetrack’ especially at night.

She said: “I have been campaigning for this ever since I was elected.

“I have been out there on the road with police when they have been doing speed checks to try to reduce the problem.

“We have received so many people complaining and there have been several accidents here throughout the years.

“Residents have been worried about crossing the road in case they get knocked down or hurt.

“We have been battling to put pressure on the county council to do something there.

“It has taken a long time to get here. It is positive news for the area.”

Cllr Britcliffe, who is also the county councillor for Oswaldtwistle, said: “I am absolutely delighted that we are going to getting speeding measures on the road as we have been relentlessly campaigning on this.

"Hopefully that will slow the traffic down.”

John Davies, head of highways service for Lancashire County Council, said: "Fixed speed cameras sited in appropriate locations can be an effective way of making our roads safer by reducing vehicle speeds.

"We're currently installing average speed cameras on a number of roads which have a history of serious collisions, which means that some existing fixed speed cameras in these locations will no longer be needed.

"We are working with the police to move one of these cameras to Blackburn Road.

"However this work is in its early stages, and it will be a number of months before the camera can be installed and made live."

According to data on Lancashire County Council website, there have been 29 incidents on the road including a fatality in recent years.