A grieving mother is battling to improve safety at a notorious road junction near the Rye in High Wycombe, where her teenage son died in a motorbike crash four months ago.

Paula Nathan has started a petition to improve the layout of Chestnut Avenue and Bassetsbury Lane near the Rye Lido after 18-year-old Lloyd Mitchell was tragically killed when he crashed his dirt bike into the side of a car in September.

Alongside other relatives and friends, she has visited the scene every day and has seen first-hand the dangers of the junction, with records confirming the one fatal accident and three slight injury collisions in the last five years.

Since the petition was started, hundreds of people have shown their support, while a number of residents and businesses in the town have been collecting written signatures.

Miss Nathan said: “If some good can come out of his death that will be some comfort for us, it is only since the accident I realised how dangerous the road was and we just want to stop this from happening again.

“We just want to do whatever we can to improve the road. We have been down here and seen a lot of close calls or people who just completely get confused at the junctions.

“We originally suggested a roundabout between all the junctions so people will have to slow down and be more aware of what is coming from other directions.”

The popular teenager died at the scene of the crash on September 10 shortly after 11.45am and since his death friends and family continue to visit the roadside to leave their tributes.

Miss Nathan added: “We have just had so much support it is unbelievable, but we need to get it improved or something like this could happen again.”

In December an inquest concluded he had not been speeding but for an unknown reason he failed to stop at the give way lines at the end of Chestnut Avenue - a road which according to Bucks County Council complies with national regulations.

However, Wycombe District Councillor for Ryemead, Trevor Snaith, who is supporting the petition alongside Cllr Ray Farmer and Cllr Paula Lee, said the “junction is just another accident waiting to happen”.

Cllr Snaith added: “The problem is people come down Chestnut [Avenue] and turning left or right is a blind spot, or they come down and don’t realise they have to stop and it’s dangerous.

“If there is an accident it’s likely someone will be hit, get damaged or in the case of this young lad, killed.

“Because we have had this fatal collision and other accidents, not to mention countless near-misses, something needs to be done.

“This road was not designed for heavy traffic but there are more and more people using it for the gym, the school or other reasons.”

The family hope to submit the plans to BCC in May with Cllr Snaith predicting they could reach around 2,000 signatures.

The county council member for transport, Cllr Ruth Vigor-Hedderly, said: “I'm always keen to listen to residents with concerns about safety on our roads, and I'll be delighted to meet with Paula and discuss her ideas.

“I'll also be pleased to receive the petition and consider the comments made about the junction.

“Officers who visited the junction with the police following the collision in September 2014 found that the lining and signs conformed to Government traffic sign regulations, and visibility complied with Department for Transport design standards.”

To find out more information or to sign the petition, please visit www.change.org and search “Bassetsbury Lane”.