Calls for speed cameras and traffic calming measures on Hartshay Hill in Ripley have been renewed following the death of a teenager on the road on Monday evening.
Jack O'Dare, 17, was the passenger in a Citroen Saxo that crashed into a tree near the petrol station building site at just before 11pm on Monday.
Jack died later and the driver remains in a serious condition in hospital.
Derbyshire Police ha
ve monitored vehicles on the road to see if it qualified for a speed camera but found the average speed on that stretch was 28.8 miles per hour between April 18 and April 28 this year.
However residents and councillors still say something needs to be done about speeding motorists in the town, especially in the evenings.
Reg Humphrey, who lives on beech Avenue near the crash site, said: "I first raised this issue about 12 months ago with Derbyshire Police.
"They monitored the avaerage speed but there are people travelling down Hartshay Hill much, much faster than that. They also said there hasn't been enough serious accidents on the hill to justify a speed camera - well sadly we've just had another one haven't we?
"A speed camera on its own will not solve the problem, what really needs to be done is for one to put there along with other traffic calming measures and a mini roundabout at the junction with Heage Road."
Leader of Ripley Town Council Juliette Blake said: "This is the second death at that exact location in recent years. I am not for a minute suggesting either of these events involved speeding cars in Ripley. I realise that investigations are ongoing so it would not be appropriate to comment or second guess the circumstances.
"However there is an issue with speeding cars in Ripley. I am in Ripley at meetings in the evenings on a frequent basis and I can honestly say youths in cars speeding around the place, shouting at each other and beeping horns is the norm rather than the exception.
"I have raised this issue many times before. The cars fly round the block in the town along Church Street, Grosvenor Road and the Market Place and every so often they go up to McDonalds at Butterley via Hartshay Hill seeing how fast they can go along the way.
"Something needs to be done before there are any more deaths."
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