CAMPAIGNERS calling for new safety measures on the A1079 between York and Hull have handed in a 1,000-name petition to their MP.

The petition was given to East Yorkshire MP Greg Knight yesterday at the Market Weighton Town Council offices.

Residents in Market Weighton say moves to introduce a roundabout at the junction of the A1079 and Holme Road must be stepped up after branding the stretch of the route “a death trap”.

Earlier this year, 37-year-old Simon Parker, from Bolton Percy, near York, died when his motorbike was involved in a collision at the junction.