TRAFFIC calming measures could be introduced to cut the number of road accidents in a housing area.

Members of Middlesbrough Borough Council will meet next week to discuss plans for the Brambles Farm area of town.

They were drafted after a spate of accidents from January 1995 to June 2000, in which 24 people were injured.

A radical scheme to stop speeding, including the introduction of a 20mph limit, is being proposed.

The project will involve five, 20mph gateway entry points, 14 speed cushions, 22 speed humps, a humped zebra crossing, six raised table top junctions, and new road markings.

Last night, Alison Wedlake, of Turford Avenue, Brambles Farm, welcomed the plans.

The 29-year-old mother of four said: "We definitely need this. Marshall Avenue and Pallister Avenue are the main roads into Brambles Farm, and people often speed along them.

"They have put a speed hump at the end of Turford Avenue, but it doesn't stop them.

"I worry for the children because there's nowhere else for them to play, but on the front."

Mrs Wedlake said there was a particular problem with Marshall Avenue, which was a thoroughfare for buses, and often became congested because of parked cars.

She said: "They were going to block off the end of Turford Avenue, but the emergency services wouldn't let them. I just hope this will make a difference."

Councillors are being asked to approve the plans after widespread consultations revealed overwhelming support for them.

Of the 110 replies to consultation leaflets, 98 per cent were in favour.

The £115,000 improvements would be carried out as part of the Government-funded Brambles Farm phase three section two improvement works.

l Also likely to be approved by councillors next week are plans for traffic calming measures in the Southfield Road area of Middlesbrough.

An experimental 20mph limit is likely to be kept, with a second phase of traffic calming measures due to be introduced.

The area of Southfield Road is likely to be closed, with access for public service vehicles and taxis.