The High Street, Pound Street, Carshalton Road etc. and the rest of the A232 road through our area is a Red Route and since 1999 the road is completely owned and controlled by Transport for London and not Sutton Council.

From a story in the local “Sutton Guardian”:

A 54-year-old man was hit by a goods lorry as he tried to cross Pound Street near Carshalton Ponds at 9.30am on Monday, 16th September 2013.

Carshalton Ponds scene of the tragic accident

Jill Whitehead Carshalton Central councillor said: “The council has no control over what happens on a TFL red route, which we find frustrating. 

“However, this is a dangerous corner and it is where there have been some incidents of cars going into the ponds on occasions. The ward councillors welcome ideas for road safety in the red route area, which we can take to TFL who run this stretch of road.

“I have also asked council officers to urgently look into the incident and make suggestions to TFL for road improvements in this area.”

Politicians have been contacting Transport for London (TfL), who own the road, while people on social networking sites have been calling for a road safety petition.

Tom Brake, MP for Carshalton and Wallington, said: “It is clearly a very tragic case and I will be talking to Sutton Council and Transport for London about whether there are road safety improvements that can be made at that point.

“Some residents may be keen to introduce a one way system although that was tried in the past as one of the concerns was that it was traffic speed.

“From a road safety point of view it doesn’t necessarily provide the perfect solution but anything that could improve road safety in that area I will be pushing for.”