PLANS to carry out major safety improvements at the scene of a fatal crash are about to be implemented.

As reported in the Daily Echo, Hampshire County Council is determined to reduce the risk of further accidents at the junction of the A326 and Twiggs Lane, Marchwood.

Work is due to start on Monday and is expected to take several weeks.

Hatching and anti-skid surfacing at the junction will be extended. The county council is also planning to improve other safety features, including signs and bollards.

It follows the death last August of biker Timothy Reynolds, 51 of Whittington Close, Hythe.

Mr Reynolds was returning from holiday and was just five minutes from home when he was in collision with a Volvo car driven by Robert Davison, 53, of Teddington, Middlesex.

Last month Davison denied causing death by careless driving and elected trial by jury at Southampton Crown Court.