A campaign has been launched in a bid to make one of the town's busiest roads safer. 

Members of the public have started a Facebook page called Working to make Queens Drive safer - Swindon and are looking into starting a community speedwatch for the road. 

It follows a report that was commissioned last year by councillors looking to reduce the speed limit on the road to 30mph. 

The report showed a large number of accidents have happened on the road spanning Walcot and Park North - with 37 recorded in the five years between February 2018 and January 2023, with three being classed as serious and 34 as slight with speed responsible for 22 per cent of them. 

Rebecca Clements founded the Facebook group. 

She said: "I set it up as I know that there is a lot of concern locally around the road, particularly by parents who have children attending schools nearby and therefore need to cross the road daily.

"Living on Queens Drive, I am very aware of the speed of the traffic and the noise of cars and I know that there are drivers who use the road as a race track every day.

"Last year my daughter returned home late one night in a taxi which was involved in a near miss with a car that was driving up the carriageway the wrong way and racing a car on the opposite side.

"The accidents outside of our home have increased over the years, and in the summer, we were first at the scene, as a car collided with the lamp post and overturned outside of our home. It was a hot night so our windows were open and we heard the car speeding down the road, the screeching of breaks and then the collision."

The group is now seeking volunteers to take part in a Community Speed Watch and is also hoping to get the pedestrian crossings changed to school crossing zones, with clear and visible signs to warn drivers that children may be crossing, as well as other safety measures.

"Following several other accidents on Queens Drive, we now need to see urgent action, including dedicated school crossing zones and reductions in the speed limit. I am hoping that this campaign will mean that this issue remains an urgent priority for Swindon Borough Council," Rebecca said.

A motion to move forward with the legal process of reducing the speed limit to 30mph was passed by the council's cabinet on February 7.