CHANGES will be made to a controversial junction next week after safety concerns were raised following two serious crashes. 

The A38 Copcut/Pulley Lane Junction has been reviewed by Worcestershire County Council, after the north and southbound lanes were split into two in September last year.

The council has released a statement to say improvements to the crossroads will be made in three overnight closures next weekend. 

The move comes after two major crashes earlier on this year.

A motorcyclist and his passenger was seriously injured in January, and a man was taken to hospital after hitting a wall and telegraph pole in February.

The statement said the changes taking place on Friday, August 27 until Sunday, August 29, will mean the northbound lane will go back to one lane and the southbound will remain as two.

It said: "The scheme review means the northbound A38 will be a single lane through the junction and provides an extended right turn lane into Pulley Lane.

"The southbound A38 retains two lanes and provides for a slightly longer merge length and increased separation between the merging vehicles and northbound traffic.

"Although investigation of the details of these showed that the new road layout was not a contributory factor, the seriousness of the incidents led to immediate action being taken to place cones in order to remove a potential for further collisions.

"This layout aims to address concerns raised, whilst maximising the available capacity within the junction".

Droitwich county councillor Richard Morriss said the update is positive news.

He said: "County highways have taken on a lot of the feedback in trying to find a solution to the junction.

"There's no way to please everyone and everyone's got a different point of view – but highways are the people who have the knowledge and have access to the best way of handling things. We have to trust that". 

He added: "This isn’t the only situation that has been an issue around the county in terms of developer led highway works. There is something that needs to be looked into on how highways work with developers to bring the work to a satisfactory end."