BARRIERS must be built to stop more deaths on a busy roundabout where a great-grandmother died, hundreds of residents will tell road bosses.

A campaign has begun following the death of Jean Croft, 77, of Westhorpe Park, Marlow.

Mrs Croft was killed in an accident involving a car on the A4155 junction with the A404 Marlow Bypass when she was out walking her dog.

It happened on March 6.

The car left the road, police said.

Little Marlow Residents Association has collected in the region of 400 signatures on a petition.

It demands barriers to protect pedestrians and cyclists, a 30 mph speed limit at the slip road leading from the A404 to the roundabout and a consistent 40 mph along Little Marlow Road from Well End.

There is a variable speed limit currently. It is split into sections of 40mph and 60mph.

Mrs Croft's family told the Free Press in March how they had lost their “rock”.

William Northcroft, chairman of Little Marlow Residents Association, has coordinated the petition and said the death of Mrs Croft had shocked the community.

He said: “I feel very strongly that something ought to be done.

"Everybody knows that the roundabout has always been dangerous and we can argue it's only a one in 100,000 chance or whatever figure but it has happened.

“It's one of those things that people feel very strongly about.”

A speed limit review is being carried out by Buckinghamshire County Council on an ongoing basis around the county.

Mr Northcroft said: “What the petition is really about is do we really have to wait for three or four year for the review to come?

“Because nothing gets done until the review and then it can be another two or three years until it has been done.”

Bernard Burger, owner of Burger's Tea Rooms on The Causeway, Marlow, has collected 115 names for the petition this week.

Mr Burger, a Little Marlow resident, said: “It's a concern of the majority of my customers.”

The Highways Agency is responsible for the A404 and Buckinghamshire County Council the A4155.

Highways Agency spokesman James Wright said: “We are committed to safe roads and take safety of our network very seriously indeed.

"We would consider any representation made to us by the local authority or a member of the public.

"If anyone has a safety improvement we will look at it.”

BCC were unable to confirm yet when speed review's for this section were due.

Mrs Croft, a fundraiser for Little Marlow Women's Institute and The Royal National Lifeboat Institution, leaves widower Fred, four sons, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.