A local councillor has raised safety concerns following the deaths of three men on the A48.
Cllr Ian Perry told a meeting of Vale of Glamorgan Council's community liaison committee that cars were "flying through" the villages of St Nicholas and Bonvilston.
The independent councillor for St Nicholas and Llancarfan called for the speed limit to be reduced from 40mph to 30mph in Bonvilston, following three serious collisions in the past few years.
A 34 year-old man from Bridgend also died, but he has not been named publicly.
Polce are still investigating the collsion, which happened shortly before 5pm.
South Wales Police is still investigating the crash, which happened shortly before 5pm.
Cllr Perry said: “There have been serious accidents near the Aubrey Arms in recent years."
“Infact, in a very short space of time, we have had three killed or seriously injured accidents on the A48. One on Tumble Hill, one in St Nicholas and one in Tair Onen.”
Two men were killed in another two-vehicle collision that happened on the A48 just west of Bonvilston in July 2023.
There were nine RTCs on the same stretch of road between 2019 and 2022, according to Crash Map UK, which also detailed two serious collisions near the Aubrey Arms in 2022 and between St Nicholas and Culverhouse Cross a year later.
Cllr Perry has called for improved road safety on the section of the A48 that passes through St Nicholas and Bonvilston for years.
Recalling his own observations of traffic there, he said: “In a very short space of time at night you will see cars flying through over taking over the side of white lines, overtaking where there are ghost islands."
“There is no compliance with the law and they are overtaking both ways over ghost islands.”
He added that during the day, other issues are visible such as drivers using their mobile phones and delivery drivers with parcels on their steering wheels.
“It is scary,” said Cllr Perry.
When the default 20mph speed limit was being rolled out in Wales in 2023, Vale Council put forward the A48 as an exception to the new rule as it is a key arterial route.
However, a number of cyclists and residents, including Cllr Perry, argued that St Nicholas should not have been included in the exemptions.
The Welsh Government is still updating its guidance that advises local authorities on how to set local speed limits on single and dual carriageways in urban and rural areas.
Cllr Perry said: “We still have no idea when it’s going to come out. Places like the Aubrey Arms, the Baffle Haus and Tumble Hill and they are turning out of Grants Fields onto the A48."
"Again you are turning on to a 60mph road where we do have quite significant collisions in number and severity.”
Cllr Perry went on to ask South Wales Police if more could be done to protect drivers and residents from traffic issues in the area.
Inspector Gareth Childs, who oversees the Vale of Glamorgan, said: "That will be passed on."
“The accident [on the A48] is being investigated at the moment. It is a tragic accident and there will be fall out of that."
“Our road traffic department are aware of the accident and there will be patrols on that area."
“Exactly what is going to happen in the immediate future, in terms of any legislation of speed limits etc, that is really a question for highways and a question for the Welsh Government as well."
“In terms of the recent accidents, yes I will pass that on to our road traffic policing unit and ask them to patrol the area more together with GoSafe.”
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