Dangerous road ‘doesn’t have adequate skid resistance’

Experts with Britain’s department of transport have claimed that an accident-prone section of national secondary road in Co Cork does not have adequate “skid resistance”.

A series of crashes, including a fatal collision last September, have occurred on the stretch of the N71 at a corner known as “chip van corner” on the western side of Innishannon, near Bandon.

The British Transport Research Laboratory conducted a survey of the roadway on the main route into West Cork from the city.