Neighbours in Stockport are demanding changes on a road where speeding vehicles are causing danger.

A total of 60 people have signed a petition calling for new anti-speeding measures on George Lane (A627) in Bredbury, a residential street in a neighbourhood based to the east of Stockport town centre.

They are asking Stockport council to install a new speed camera or 'take other appropriate measures' to sort out the issues with cars going over the 30mph speed limit on the road.

The petition stated: 'Vehicles going significantly above the speed limit on George Lane are an ongoing issue that residents have been raising with the council for years.

'Previous attempts to tackle this have failed, necessitating a concerted effort by neighbours to once again bring this to the council's attention via this petition.

'Over the last few years we have seen vehicles crashing into the church and pets getting hit, while the number of vehicles obviously speeding has increased.

'We want to avoid further harm coming to our neighbours, pets, and properties by curbing vehicles speeding down our road.'

Stockport council was approached for comment.

The petition launched at the start of September and runs for six weeks until October 19.

Greater Manchester Police said that it carries out speed checks across the force, but did not respond to the issues on George Lane.

According to data from Transport for Greater Manchester, there have been a number of accidents on the road in the last four years.

Two 'serious' incidents were reported at the top of the road towards the junction of the A560, both of which happened in 2021.

There were three incidents reported at the other end of the road, at the junction with Berrycroft Lane.

These were all 'minor' accidents and happened between 2021 and 2023.

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