There have been 46 accidents, 82 casualties and one death on the Rainford bypass A570 in just three years.
The 70mph limit has been reduced to 60mph in a bid to reduce the number of accidents taking place on the dual carriageway.

Twenty-eight per cent of accidents involve pedestrians or cyclists and 33% of crashes tend to happen by junctions.
The 10km stretch, which runs from the town centre, crosses the East Lancs and heads out to the M58 roundabout by Skelmersdale, is the eighth most dangerous road in the country.

According to the European Road Assessment Programme, the number of serious accidents have jumped up by six per cent in the past two years, giving it a risk-rating of 113.28.
This figure means it falls into a medium high category taking it into the top ten.

It is even more dangerous than the notorious stretch of motorway on the M62. The part that winds over the Pennines by junction 25 is a well-known black spot but it falls three places below the A570.

Other roads in Rainford will soon have new speed limits. It has also been proposed that Blindfoot Road and Mossborough Hall Lane will have a new reduced limit of 40mph. The single carriageways, which bend across the countryside have many blind spots and motorists can currently reach speeds of 60mph along them.

A council spokesman said: "We are hoping to reduce the number of accidents by lowering the speed in certain areas. A similar scheme involving reducing the speed limit on the A580 (East Lancashire Road) to 60mph was implemented in January 2005, and has proved successful in achieving a 30% reduction in accidents a year."