A ST ALBANS father, whose son died in a car crash at an intersection, fears there will be another death at the site.
Tomislav Ivanovic was 27 when he lost control of his car and crashed into a tree near the intersection of St Albans Road and Main Road East in 2009.
Grieving father Roko Ivanovic said his son wasn’t faultless in the incident, but he remains convinced the intersection is a death trap.
“When I saw this kerb that his car hit, it was obviously bad. My son is gone, but why should we wait for someone else to have the same thing happen?”
There have been 15 crashes leading to injury recorded at the intersection over the past five years, four of them serious.
Mr Ivanovic said the intersection forced cars to merge in a dangerous way and many drivers misjudged their crossing.
He knows his son made a mistake by driving too quickly but believes it was compounded by the corner’s poor design.
“The police told me they couldn’t tell exactly where he hit the kerb as there were so many places that were black and chipped; that’s how many cars have hit it,” he said.
“My son is gone, I’ll be suffering forever, but why can’t they fix it?
“There is a problem there and it’s obvious the authorities are doing nothing and it’s shameful.”
Brimbank Council’s general manager of infrastructure and environment, Paul Younis, said the fatality was discussed at a meeting of the Brimbank Traffic and Engineering Group in 2009.
“It was decided at the meeting that VicRoads would assess and review the road infrastructure where the accident took place,” he said.
The council and VicRoads have discussed changes to St Albans Road, such as realigning the kerb or replacing it with a semi-mountable kerb.
VicRoads regional director Nial Finegan said improvements would be dependent upon future funding.
VicRoads would need to assess the benefits it would provide in improved safety and reduction in delays.
“VicRoads would then develop a business case and submit it for funding consideration,” he said.
