A woman has filed an accident claim after suffering personal injuries as a result of a road accident that occured as a result of a muddy patch.
The female motorist is therefore hoping that her claim will help others to come forward, as she battles for compensation with her local council.
The car accident left the victim with serious personal injuries. She suffered concussion for six months and had to be signed off work for nine months, following the car accident in February 2008.
Sadly, the 22-year-old, still suffers from headaches and has to use a TENS machine at work to ease her pain.
The incident occurred when she was driving at night and came up to a corner travelling at around 40mph when the car slid into a ditch.
Her compensation was filed via a no win no fee solicitor.
However, she stated that Byall Fen Drove, between Manea and Chatteris, where her accident happened, needs to be kept clean during the winter.
She commented: "I want to hear from as many people as possible who have come off that road or have slid on some mud. I am still in pain - I wake up and go to bed every night with a headache and cannot even go out.
"If I was only ill for a month, or if the injuries healed, I would have been so annoyed. But I know a lot of people have come off that road and something needs to be done because it is so dangerous."
Her accident highlights the need for a safety reform on Fenland road, which is a notorious hotspot for crashes.
Just a few weeks earlier, a pensioner, from Manea, lost his life in an accident on the road.
She said: "I had been round the corner much faster in the past. When I touched the braked the car slid. The road was not wet or icy, but was muddy.
"Anybody who has had a problem on that road can come forward. I know there have been more accidents, from talking to people who live along there."
Non action is driving motorists round the bend
Anger rose this week, when the home Secretary Alan Johnson, was asked to explain why he is hindering the £300,000 installation of safety cameras on Fenland road.
The lack of Government approval is baffling the county councillors, especially as two years ago, the cameras for the Forty Foot between Chatteris and Ramsey were agreed.
Councillor Mac McGuire, Cambridgeshire County Council Cabinet Member for Highways and Access, said: "We are extremely frustrated with the time it has taken the Government to give it technical approval and sign it off.
"Fenland and Cambridgeshire will be leading the country with the use of this type of camera along waterside roads," said Cllr McGuire.
"Although this does allow extra time for the earth works that we carried out earlier in the year to settle along these unstable banks I am keen that we get on with this work as soon as possible.
"We understand that technical checks are important but we have been waiting for two years and had expected the Home Secretary to have signed this off by now and the cameras installed.
"I will be writing to the Home Secretary to express our deep frustration on the time it takes to bring in these cameras that will improve road safety, he said."
Fenland Road has claimed six lives in the last three years.
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