![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/vale-of-glamorgan-speed-limit-cut-at-cowbridge-roundabout/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/120747948_bikernewproject-2.jpg&description=Image caption, Matthew Rouch died after he crashed into what the coroner's report called a "relatively new" junction on the A48The speed limit near a junction is to be lowered after a coroner said it "seemed to be dangerous" after the death of a motorcyclist.Future deaths could be prevented at the A48 Cowbridge bypass if drivers were made to slow down, a coroner saidVale of Glamorgan council said Matthew Rouch's death was "tragic" and it would limit speeds at the junction to 30mph.It was previously warned about the new roundabout, where another motorcyclist died in 2020.Andrew RT Davies, the leader of the Conservative group in the Senedd, asked the Labour-led council to make the junction safer following the death of Robert John Evans, 72, from Whitchurch, Cardiff."My concerns were ignored, with the council claiming the incident was the result of driver error," he said.The local authority said it took took no action because an accident investigation had found the safety of the junction was not a factor in the crash.Then in September last year, Mr Rouch, 41, from Penarth, died after crashing his Kawasaki motorcycle at the same roundabout.Mr Davies called the death "desperately sad".An inquest found it was "more likely than not" that Mr Rouch approached the new roundabout "too quickly".Image source, FAMILY PHOTOImage caption, Matthew Rouch was called an "amazing man" by his familyBut assistant coroner for south Wales central, Rachel Knight, wrote to Vale of Glamorgan council saying Mr Rouch had been riding on a "stretch of the road with a relatively new junction" that "seems to be dangerous".She said "more deaths may occur" unless changes were made to slow down drivers.Mr Davies accused the local authority of "neglecting" its duties by not acting sooner.A council spokesman said: "The collision and death of the motorcyclists on the A48 is a tragedy and the council send their condolences to family and friends of the deceased. "The council will be reviewing the details of){kind=link}
The speed limit near a junction is to be lowered after a coroner said it “seemed to be dangerous” after the death of a motorcyclist.
Future deaths could be prevented at the A48 Cowbridge bypass if drivers were made to slow down, a coroner said
Vale of Glamorgan council said Matthew Rouch’s death was “tragic” and it would limit speeds at the junction to 30mph.
It was previously warned about the new roundabout, where another motorcyclist died in 2020.
Andrew RT Davies, the leader of the Conservative group in the Senedd, asked the Labour-led council to make the junction safer following the death of Robert John Evans, 72, from Whitchurch, Cardiff.