A 'DANGER' road on which two people have died this year is under review by police and council chiefs.

Officers from Lancashire Police's eastern division road policing unit said they would meet with Lancashire County Council (LCC) engineers to see if safety in Accrington Road, Whalley, could be improved.

The move comes after four accidents in the last three weeks on a stretch between Spring Wood picnic site and the junction with the A59.

Whalley councillors Joyce Holgate and Terry Hill, who this week wrote to LCC and Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans to ask for the road to be looked at, welcomed the move.

Sgt Pete Sculpher said: "We will be looking at the road and considering how it can be improved.

"All the accidents have had different causes so it's not like we can put it down to one thing. We have not been able to say whether it's down to the traffic lights or anything else, we don't know at this point.

"Because the accidents have all come so close together we will look at this but the decision rests with the county council.

"We haven't set a date yet but we will be going up there."

The first accident came shortly after the new year when a Barrow pensioner died when her Rover collided head-on with a Mercedes. The road then claimed the life of a 19-year-old man from the Czech Republic who was involved in a head-on smash last weekend.

On Tuesday night there were two non-fatal accidents on the road and it was these that prompted Coun Holgate and Hill to call for safety measures to be brought in.

Coun Holgate said: "We have asked to meet with the council to look at this problem and we are extremely concerned about it.

"There is a problem with the junction of Spring Wood and Accrington Road and much of the stretch is unlit.

"There are brakes squealing all the time on the road and the speed limit, which is currently 60, needs looking at as well. "

l The Czech man's inquest has been opened. The hearing was told Thomas Flasar was a rear seat passenger in a Skoda when it collided with another vehicle. He died of multiple injuries.

Coroner Michael Singleton adjourned the case after saying that police were still investigating the incident and charges may follow.