A petition and investigation has been launched after a motorcyclist was 'killed on dangerous junction'.

On October 9, a 41-year-old man was seriously injured following a crash with a suspected drug driver on Sidcup Road in Eltham. 

The motorcyclist was taken to Kings College Hospital in a critical condition, but on Friday (October 19) police confirmed that he sadly passed away. 

The driver, a 34 year-old man, stopped at the scene and arrested on suspicion of drug driving and driving without due care and attention. 

A woman who has lived in Greenwich for 27 years has now set up a petition to make the junction safer for all. 

Carole Axford, 57, said the junction of Fiveways and Sidcup Road is a “death trap”, and something needs to be done. 

Her petition has already garnered over 1,000 signatures and Carole is hoping the council will take note.

The petition says: “The traffic going towards London now forms three lanes if turning right therefore blocking the flow of traffic trying to go straight ahead.

“If they don't form 3 lanes they form 2 and the speed of traffic going straight on almost collide into the rear of the stationary traffic.

“There is no way of knowing if the lights have turned red so you have to sit and wait until the traffic has stopped and then the traffic from Southwood Road drives ahead.”

Carole told News Shopper: “The road was redesigned a little while ago but now we need an analysis on that redesign, and more lights so drivers can see them.”

The Greenwich resident suggests that a filter light turning right onto Green Lane and Southwood Road, London bound.

A spokesperson for Greenwich council said: “We are aware of the road traffic collision that occurred on October 9, which sadly resulted in serious injury to a motorcyclist, and which also caused considerable disruption in the area. 

"The junction and the entire length of Sidcup Road (A20) is under the highway authority of Transport for London (TfL), and any considered improvements would be their responsibility.
 
“The latest available road traffic collision data that is available for London is currently to the end of December 2017 which records 4 personal injury collisions all resulting in slight injuries, none of which involved a pedestrian, cyclist or motorcyclist. 

“The Council liaises with TfL on a regular basis about highways under their jurisdiction within our borough, and will raise the issue of the Fiveways layout with them.”

Formal identification awaits and a post mortem examination will take place in due course.

You can sign the petition here.