CAMPAIGNERS have launched a petition to force the Government to inspect the A18.
The petition, which already has more than 800 signatures, has been set up by a friend of the Cockburn family, five members of which died on Barton Street in a head-on collision with a lorry.
The campaigners are calling for the Department For Transport to review the safety of the road and consult with local people on what they feel could be done to reduce the risk of future tragedies.
Yesterday it was revealed a second examination of the body of Angela Cockburn, 49, who was driving the family's car, has been ordered.
It is an unusual step, and normally conducted when further legal proceedings are pending. It was requested by a third party, who has not been revealed.
And Humberside Police confirmed that the condition of the A18 and its verges was one of the lines of inquiry being taken by collision investigators.
The petition comes after the emotional outpouring of grief from around the UK at the deaths of Angela, her husband Dave, their daughters Carley Ann, 21, and Bethany, 18, and one-year-old granddaughter Lacie Jade Stephenson, Bethany's daughter.
They were on their way from County Durham to a dance festival at Butlins, in Skegness, when the incident occurred last Friday.
The petition, which has been lodged online with the Government, will be checked by an official to ensure it meets the terms and conditions and is not a duplicate.
It can remain open for up to a year and if the petition reaches 100,000 signatures, it could be debated in the House Of Commons – but an MP must take the case to make this happen.
As reported, the stretch of road was labelled one of the deadliest in the country in 2011 by BBC television programme Britain's Most Dangerous Roads.
The programme claimed it was 25 times more dangerous than the average British motorway, with 20 crashes in the three years previous to the broadcast.
A nationwide survey by the Road Safety Foundation in 2010 also claimed the road to be one of the highest risk stretches of road in the country.
North East Lincolnshire Council reiterated that it cannot comment while an investigation is ongoing but, as reported, Barton Street has already been identified for a proposed speed reduction.
