“Look at the Anchor road/ bottom of Park street junction. How long has it taken for that entire section to be redesigned? Hmm, lets change it because a minor television personality got knocked down whilst a bit drunk. The amount of times i have driven through there (daily) and people have their phones or ipods stuck to their ears and have no idea about the traffic around them. Old Market is another one, people just randomly walking into the middle of the road without a care in the world for all the traffic around them.
Yes, Troys death was a tradgedy, however, as Anne has said, that particular spot is not an accident hotspot, just an area where a driver decided to jump through some red lights and end a young life.
Moving the traffic elsewhere will just shift the problem on which obviously does not solve a single thing.
More consideration from both road users AND pedestrians would be part way to creating a safe crossing.
Lets put this to bed now people as it would seem that people seem to want to pull this out and jump on the bandwagon of slating peoples views.”

“If you want to see a PROPER accident blackspot just stand and observe pedestrians crossing the road at the end of Baldwin st on the Centre, people on their mobile phones totally oblivious to whats going on and crossing when the lights are in favour of buses.
If it were not for the buses giving way, even though their light is green there could be a fatality EVERY day.
Don't take my word for it just see for yourself,,,,frightening!”

“R.i.P mate, u will be sadly missed by loads, its a shame it had to happen to such a great peron love you mate, see you soon x”

“If they banned cars then Tash, the cars would drive somewhere so you are back to square one. A totally unworkable solution I'm afraid.”

“Laura if it hasn't had an accident there for years what exactly are they going to review? Do you expect the council to review every junction in Bristol?”

“True, the facts aren't known yet but to me it looks like the fault of the driver and not the road.

And whilst I'm not saying that Troy was using one but PLEASE can people think carefully about the dangers of listening to iPods when they are near traffic? We need our wits around us more than ever these days, and removing one of our senses in no way helps. Living near a hospital and police station, I'm terrified by the amount of pedestrians and cyclists who do not expect the unexpected (missing the siren of an emergency vehicle for instance that will be speeding past). Let's help ourselves stay aware of the dangers and keep ourselves safe.”

“Anne - they could... by banning cars”

“Yes Anne, but they can still review the junction to see if any problems did occur. You really do have an answer to everything”

“I agree with John, whoever decded to put the bus lane on fairfax street and stop cars coming down that way didn't anticipate the new Cabot Circus development which has now forced cars down Union Street and along Penn Street instead, hopefully someone on the council may suggest reversing that decision in light of the accident. Cameras on lights are a way forward, sending fixed penalties to those who jump lights - including the buses who are the worst offenders - should make people think twice before jumping the lights.”

“I don't think the council can make the junction any more safer than it already is.”