THE police's road safety boss has slammed driver behaviour on the A34 amid a Government-led safety review of the road.

Laybys, chevrons and better signage are some of the safety measures being discussed for the road which has seen six fatalities this year.

Thames Valley Police's road safety manager Sergeant Chris Appleby said his team was monitoring the situation but said collisions were being caused by 'irresponsible' driving.

He said: "We know the A34 is one of the fastest roads in the country with lots of vehicles using it but it's about driver behaviour.

"Roads don't jump up and kill people – it is drivers using them irresponsibly, going too fast and getting too close to other vehicles.

"The A34 has been around for years, it's not the road itself or the cars causing crashes – it's driver behaviour.

He added: "The four main things we deal with are people not wearing seatbelts, using mobile phones, driving too fast and drink or drug driving.

"If we can get rid of these four things we would dramatically reduce the number of injuries and deaths on our roads."

A fresh outcry over safety on the A-road erupted in August, when a multi-vehicle pile-up at Hinksey Hill injured 13 people – including three-year-old Isla Wiggin, who later died in hospital.

In another crash just two weeks earlier at East Ilsley, Tracy Houghton, her sons Ethan, 13, and Josh, 11, and her partner’s 11-year-old daughter Aimee Goldsmith, from Bedfordshire, died in an eight-vehicle crash. Twelve others were injured