A second person has died following Saturday’s crash on Winterbourne Road on the outskirts of Bradley Stoke.

A Mercedes was involved in a collision with a Royal Mail lorry at the junction with Old Gloucester Road.

The early morning crash claimed a second victim on Saturday as a 17-year-old passenger in the car died.

The car driver died in the crash and two other passenger remain in a serious condition.

The driver of the lorry suffered a broken leg and back injuries and remains in hospital.

Police are seeking witnesses and are especially keen to hear from anyone who saw the Mercedes being driven earlier in Winterbourne.

A man has died and four others have been injured in a crash on the outskirts of Bradley Stoke on Saturday.

The smash, involving a Royal Mail lorry and a Mercedes, saw a 26-year-old driver killed.

The lorry driver suffered a broken leg and the car passengers were seriously hurt.

The passengers were taken to Frenchay Hospital while the lorry driver was transported to the Bristol Royal Infirmary for treatment.

Police closed the road near the junction with Old Gloucester Road at 2.20am when emergency services cut casualties from the car.

Officers say the road is still shut at 10.45am on Saturday as accident investigators examine the scene.

New energy-saving traffic lights are to be used throughout South Gloucestershire after a successful trial in Bradley Stoke.

The new environmentally-friendly lights were used between Vantage Business Park, Winterbourne Road  and Old Gloucester Road following the junction’s recent revamp.

The council now says they will be used at other junctions including the A38/B4509 Falfield junction and Shorthill Road crossroads in Westerleigh.

They will eventually be used at all traffic signals in the district.

Councillor Brian Allinson, executive member for planning, transportation and the strategic environment, said: “We are committed to making changes that have a positive impact on the environment, and that reduce costs to the council.

“By using these traffic signals we can reduce the council’s carbon footprint and make huge savings for the council.”

New traffic lights on Winterbourne Road have been turned on after several months of roadworks to improve access to the Vantage Business Park.

The work has seen new lights installed on either side of Old Gloucester Road and underneath the motorway bridge on Winterbourne Road.

The new lights mean that traffic heading from Frenchay direction now do not have to wait for gaps in the traffic to turn out of the junction which has previously caused long queues.

The work got underway at the start of February and is expected to be complete in May.

New traffic lights have been installed at the junction of Old Gloucester Road and Winterbourne Road as part of work to improve the busy intersection.

The traffic lights are not yet in use but form part of a scheme which will see better access to the Vantage Business Park.

When complete, traffic heading from Winterbourne to Bradley Stoke will be stopped by a set of lights just past the motorway bridge to allow traffic out of Old Gloucester Road.

A second set of lights are to be installed at the junction with the business park to allow traffic in and out of it.

The work is expected to be complete by May 2008.

Motorists using Winterbourne Road are set for three months of roadworks misery as a new layout for road signals is installed.

The works get under way on Monday, 4 February 2008 and are expected to last until May.

The Examiner revealed last summer that changes were to be made to allow better access to the Vantage Business Park.

The new lights will stop traffic in all directions to allow vehicles out of the park and on to Winterbourne Road.

Planners at South Gloucestershire Council are to consult on changes to a traffic light-controlled junction on Winterbourne Road.

The council wants to scrap the current pedestrian crossing near the junction for the Vantage Business Park.

It will be replaced with a new crossing just yards down the road which will stop traffic in every direction and allow vehicles out of the business park.

Currently, the junction is a give way area with an ‘island’ in the middle for right-turning traffic.

The council consultation is for the removal of the current junction rather than the creation of the new one.

The quoted planning application reference of PT03/2952/0 for the new junction failed to bring up any matches on the council website.

More details can be read here (PDF document).