MP wants more road safety measures in city

An MP has said she is pushing for greater road safety measures in Coventry, in support of a family who lost their 12-year-old in a hit and run crash.

Keaton Slater was fatally injured when he was struck by a BMW on Radford Road on his way home from school in June 2024.

Taiwo Owatemi, the MP for Coventry North West, said since then the family had "been working hard along with the council to come up with new and different initiatives".

She said with the support of the city council and the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), a number of schemes were in progress, but more were needed.

The Labour MP said the council was looking at a number of different measures for Radford Road, Beake Avenue and Engleton Road.

Those schemes would be put out to consultation soon, she said.

Owatemi said she was frustrated that "it has taken more time than I would like," but accepted a lot of work needed to be done.

A 13-year-old girl was injured in a road collision in the city in June and the MP said she wanted to see more speed enforcement cameras around schools.

She said she would also like to see better road safety enforcement and acknowledged "a lot of work has been done both in Coventry and in the wider West Midlands" by the PCC and the council.

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