A BOLTON MP says nothing has been done to improve a dangerous stretch of road where a woman died last week - despite his warnings after the death of a schoolboy there three years ago.

Dr Brian Iddon, MP for Bolton South-east, told Bolton Council it had to improve Stoneclough Road after the death of eight-year-old Billy Joe Dean, who was knocked down by a motorbike as he walked along a pavement in 2002.

But Dr Iddon says no action was taken.

Last week, mother-of-two Ellen Newman was killed when a car mounted a pavement on the same stretch of road.

In a letter to Bolton Council chief executive Bernard Knight on Tuesday, Dr Iddon wrote: "Following the Billy Joe Dean death, I wrote to you.

"Therefore, it is with some regret that I note no action has been taken since that date to make this series of bends safer.

"The bends sign at either side of this series of bends is hardly visible.

"Why can't we have much better warning signs erected immediately to ensure that we do not have a third tragic death there?

"I gather that there have been other accidents in this vicinity, for example one on Christmas Eve."

Dr Iddon said that red asphalt strips with a 30mph sign should be painted along the road to make drivers slow down.

Elaine Dean, Billy's mother, supports the MP's call.

Mrs Dean, of Tulip Avenue, Kearsley, said: "It is a crazy situation. Another accident will definitely happen there.

"The road is a known blackspot and there will be another death there. After so many accidents and two lives lost, you'd think improving safety would be a high priority.

"But nothing has been done in years."

Ms Newman, of Market Street, Stoneclough, was rushed to the Royal Bolton Hospital after the accident last Thursday but she was pronounced dead.

She was on the pavement when she was hit by a blue Ford Fiesta which then hit a tree.

After Ms Newman's death last week, a council spokesman said it planned to introduce safety measures on the road in the 2006/7 financial year.

Details of the plans are yet to be finalised but are likely to include central traffic islands and road markings.

Mr Knight was unavailable for comment.