A recent accident has left a mum living in “absolute fear”.
Emergency services at the scene following an accident(Image: Tom Kershaw)
People want action to be taken at a “death trap” junction in Merseyside where cars have flipped over and an accident has left a mum living in “absolute fear”.
Oxton councillor Allan Brame said people are “quite used to having collisions on a regular basis” and two cars to his knowledge had ended up upside down at the crossroads between Palm Hill, Palm Grove, Shrewsbury Road, and Ball’s Road.
Presenting a petition signed by 278 people to Wirral Council, Cllr Brame said several people had been injured, with people telling him it was a “scary junction” where “you are risking life, limb, and death crossing there”.
In particular he highlighted an incident involving Jason Mahoney.
Jason, who has a learning disability, was crossing the junction with his carer Liam in September 2025 when “a car came really fast around the corner and hit them”. They went onto the bonnet of the car before falling onto the road with Liam breaking Jason’s fall.
Sue Mahoney was working in her shop nearby, when someone came to tell her her son had been hit by a car(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)
Jason’s mum Sue Mahoney, who manages Sue’s Mini Mart at the Green Community Shop in Oxton, said he’d been wearing a bright orange Liverpool top at the time and so would have been clearly visible.
She told the ECHO: “I was in the shop totally oblivious and somebody came in and said “are you Jason’s mum?” She said there has been an incident. She said my car is outside. I can take you.”
Sue said she jumped in the car to find Jason in an ambulance shaking from head to toe with grazes and cuts while Liam was also injured and bleeding. She credits Liam with saving Jason that day.
She added: “If it wasn’t for Liam’s quick thinking, he could have been seriously injured and he would have been another statistic on that road and no one seems to be doing anything.”
People said there had been accidents happening at the junction for years(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)
Before the accident, Jason was scared of crossing roads and cautious around traffic but afterwards, Sue said he was shaking for hours, did not sleep through the night for days, and was now worried she was going to get run over.
She felt she let her adopted son down by allowing him to leave the shop, adding: “You think what has gone wrong is absolutely my fault. I shouldn’t have let him go out. He never goes anywhere on his own.
“I have had him since he was four. In all that time, he has somebody there to protect him and because of that road and the way it is, I couldn’t protect him that day. It’s something I will never forget and I do not think he will either.”
Sue said she had not realised how dangerous the road was but now people tell her they have been having near misses for years. Like many, she thinks something needs to be done before people are killed.
Mae Roche said: “I think they would be quite shocked to see the volume of people that use that road. It’s like a sleeping killer. It’s one of those that will go unnoticed until something happens.”
Tom Kershaw said action needed to be taken before a serious accident happened(Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)
Tom Kershaw, who lives near the junction, said near misses were an almost daily occurrence and the situation had got worse over time.
He told the ECHO: “That isn’t public safety. That is insanity. Why should we sacrifice our kids? People crossing the road are taking their lives into their own hands on that road.
“My insurance price continues to rise and the reason the insurance companies give is because of the accidents on the road. I could save 50% of that if I lived around the corner but I love where I live.”
Cllr Brame said he wanted the local authority to look at the issues raised and the safety of schoolchildren “must be paramount”.
He told the ECHO: “The strength of local opinion from people who use this junction on a daily basis shows that something needs to be done. The bare minimum would be to have no vehicles parked near the junction, with extended double yellow lines properly enforced.”
A Wirral Council spokesperson said: “This junction has already been identified for improvements and will be included in the 2026/27 Local Safety Scheme programme, subject to committee approval. The scheme will aim to improve safety for pedestrians and other road users.”