The mother of a motorcyclist who died on a busy Dorcan roundabout has called for the road to be made safer.

On Monday, Tina Hyde will mark what should have been her son Luke Coram’s 39th birthday.

He died on Dorcan Way on August 16, 2015 – which was his mother’s birthday – after his motorbike hit a traffic island at Snodshill and sent him into a lamppost, causing a fatal chest injury.

This happened shortly after he overtook a red BMW which then drove up close to the rear of his bike while the vehicles approached the junction.

In the years since then, Tina has sought to discover the full circumstances of that tragic day and turned the scene into a memorial with flowers and photos of the 30-year-old.

She said: “I wish him a happy heavenly birthday, I will always love him.

“Happy birthday, darling, you are always in my heart.”

When laying new bouquets, Tina often notices debris from other collisions that have happened on the same spot and worries that another family could be devastated by a fatal crash in the future.

Swindon Advertiser: Tina Hyde with flowers and photos laid on Snodshill roundabout in memory of Luke CoramTina Hyde with flowers and photos laid on Snodshill roundabout in memory of Luke Coram (Image: Tina Hyde)

She added: “One day, the front end of a car was up against the lamppost where I put the flowers, it had just been left there.

“Another time, a car had gone straight over the traffic island and knocked the tree on the roundabout.

“When the police were investigating Luke’s death, they found an alloy wheel from a previous accident.

“The whole of Dorcan Way is a nightmare, there are too many accidents, people go too fast on the straight parts and don’t slow down enough near the roundabouts.

“There needs to be some traffic calming. The Highways department should consider ideas like the sleeping policemen on Beech Avenue, or lower speed limits.

“I would not want anyone else to be killed there and I don’t want anyone to go through what I have gone through and am still going through.”

Swindon Advertiser: Luke CoramLuke Coram (Image: Tina Hyde)

She keeps in touch with some of the good Samaritans who ran to Luke’s aid, but says four others were first on the scene who may have helpful information.

Tina added: “I spoke to a carer who did chest compressions on Luke and she mentioned that there were already other people there when she got there.

“A man helped lift the lamppost, one person called 999, one was helping Luke, and one was a retired nurse.

“I don’t know who they are but I hope they come forward, maybe there’s something we’ve missed.”