Pedestrians “take their life into their own hands” every time they cross a busy High Wycombe road to access an alleyway regularly used as a shortcut to the town centre, according to concerned resident.

David Plato, 55, is the latest High Wycombe resident to call for traffic calming measures to be installed on Hughenden Avenue, near the Telford Way junction, as he regularly witnesses cars speeding down the road.

Numerous pedestrians have to cross the steep road in order to access an alleyway which leads into the town centre, near Morrisons, prompting Mr Plato to call for change.

Addressing High Wycombe’s Local Area Forum (LAF) on September 4, Mr Plato said: “Between Hughenden Avenue and Telford Way there’s an alleyway going down towards Morrisons and cars are whizzing up this road quite fast.

“My son had an eye problem and was crossing that road, and every day I was worrying about him getting run over.

“Crossing it you are taking your life into your hands. So it would be nice if there were some speed bumps or a zebra crossing because a lot of people use this.”

Neighbours previously launched a road safety campaign after 62-year-old Margaret Nalepka died when she was hit by a car while crossing the road just yards from her home in November 2016.

While speed was not believed to be a factor in Miss Nalepka’s death, the tragic incident prompted residents to campaign for better safety.

Wycombe District Councillor for Disraeli, Khalil Ahmed, said drivers have been caught speeding up to 70mph on the winding road.

Addressing yesterday’s LAF, Cllr Ahmed said: “We had an MVAS down there for a couple of weeks and we shared the data out on Facebook and there was data recorded up to 50 - 60 miles per hour.

“Only 100 yards further down there was a fatality everyone can remember at the bottom of Hughenden Avenue itself.

“A pedestrian crossing may be out of the picture but at least some traffic calming measures would not go amiss.”

Transport for Bucks Local Area Technician, Pat Fegan, said he will work with the forum and Mr Plato to gather evidence supporting the speeding issues on Hughenden Road.

He said: “Before we do anything or put anything forward we are going to have to present proper evidence to say there is a problem there.

“So we need to get all the downloads from the cameras, we need to get the information as to how many accidents there have actually been there.

“We will collate all the information and then if we have got a strong case, because if we haven’t got evidence to support it, it will go nowhere.”