heading north is 51mph Current Speed Limit, 60mph for cars Carlung Farm Hazard Area 6: Blind Bend and Accesses at Carlung Farm Injury Cost £3.0m Blind Bend Refer to Photos 23A - 39, and Detail from OS map. Equivalent to £130,000 pa 1 fatal, 5 serious, Contributing Factors Proposed Remedies 2 slight Singly and in Combination Reduce the speed limit on 0.15 miles the A78 to 50mph + the presence of other road users, including cyclists and + slower-moving farm vehicles using the farm accesses Extend the no overtaking Approaching from the north: restrictions to 50 yards south of Carlung Farmhouse + The proximity of the blind bend to the 3 farm accesses entrance; this applies to + the visibility of the 3 accesses just starts to open up about 180 yards north and south-bound traffic from entrance to the farm (60 mph wet stopping distance is about 180 and yards). Introduce a VAS 100 yards + At 72 yards north of the farm entrance, the farm road access to the south of Carlung Farmhouse left and the farmhouse access to the right are still not conspicuous. It is and 100 yards north of the at this point that the south-bound overtaking prohibition is lifted. blind dogleg bend Coming from the south And improve the lines of + 100 yards before the entrance to the farmhouse, the 3 farm accesses sight at the 3 Carlung Farm are not conspicuous (see Photo 23A) accesses + the overtaking prohibition is introduced just 18 yards short of the As an interim measure access to the farmhouse introduce traffic lights at the B7048 crossroads + The 3 farm accesses have little or no margin for error for vehicles joining the A78 Speeds + the road width limits any margin for error for traffic on the A78 Amey and Tramps WK did not do a mean speed at this + the application of the national speed limit short interval Margin for Error: there is little or no margin for error; this applies to traffic Current Speed Limit, 60mph joining or leaving the A78 ,and through-traffic on the A78 for cars Overall Area Hazard Ranking: Level 9, Severe
heading north is 51mph Current Speed Limit, 60mph for cars Carlung Farm Blind Bend 1 fatal, 5 serious, 2 slight 0.15 miles Hazard Area 6: Blind Bend and Accesses at Carlung Farm Refer to Photos 23A - 39, and Detail from OS map. Contributing Factors Singly and in Combination + the presence of other road users, including cyclists + slower-moving farm vehicles using the farm accesses Approaching from the north: + The proximity of the blind bend to the 3 farm accesses + the visibility of the 3 accesses just starts to open up about 180 yards from entrance to the farm (60 mph wet stopping distance is about 180 yards). + At 72 yards north of the farm entrance, the farm road access to the left and the farmhouse access to the right are still not conspicuous. It is at this point that the south-bound overtaking prohibition is lifted. Coming from the south + 100 yards before the entrance to the farmhouse, the 3 farm accesses are not conspicuous (see Photo 23A) + the overtaking prohibition is introduced just 18 yards short of the access to the farmhouse + The 3 farm accesses have little or no margin for error for vehicles joining the A78 + the road width limits any margin for error for traffic on the A78 + the application of the national speed limit Margin for Error: there is little or no margin for error; this applies to traffic joining or leaving the A78 ,and through-traffic on the A78 Overall Area Hazard Ranking: Level 9, Severe Injury Cost £3.0m Equivalent to £130,000 pa Proposed Remedies Reduce the speed limit on the A78 to 50mph and Extend the no overtaking restrictions to 50 yards south of Carlung Farmhouse entrance; this applies to north and south-bound traffic and Introduce a VAS 100 yards south of Carlung Farmhouse and 100 yards north of the blind dogleg bend And improve the lines of sight at the 3 Carlung Farm accesses As an interim measure introduce traffic lights at the B7048 crossroads Speeds Amey and Tramps WK did not do a mean speed at this short interval Current Speed Limit, 60mph for cars