A policeman’s wife is campaigning to make the A505 between Baldock and Royston safer after a horror smash broke his back in two places.

The Comet: Greig Langdon, 42, with his wife Lynsey, 39, and children Jack, 12, Harry, nine, and six-year-old Isla.Greig Langdon, 42, with his wife Lynsey, 39, and children Jack, 12, Harry, nine, and six-year-old Isla. (Image: Archant)

Lynsey Langdon has spoken of the ‘massive impact’ of her husband PC Greig Langdon’s injuries, which mean he will not be able to work for six months – and is doing all she can to stop the same happening to others.

“That by far has to be the worst day of my family’s life,” said Lynsey, 39, with whom Greig has three children.

“It was just horrible for my three kids to see their dad lying in a bed on his back. My 12-year-old said he didn’t want to see.

“The crash was at a crossing path – where you can hop through the lanes and stop in the middle, and either go the other way or on to another village.

“While this is convenient to save time, it is also ridiculously dangerous. It’s got to stop. My husband was very lucky. How many people need to get hurt before there is a change?”

Greig, 42, only bought the black Peugeot 307 three weeks ago. He was driving to his Hatfield work base on Wednesday last week when he was involved in the crash near the A505’s Ashwell turn-off at about 3.40pm, after which both he and the other driver, a woman in her 20s, were hospitalised.

Lynsey has set up a Facebook group called ‘Make The A505 Safer’, which already has more than 1,800 members, and spoken about the crash on BBC Three Counties Radio.

She has received messages from others over social media telling of similar experiences, including a woman whose daughter died on that stretch of the road – and is calling for the central reservations from which drivers can pull out onto the main carriageway to replaced with a roundabout.

“What I’m calling for is for all these central reservations to be closed between Royston and the Bygrave Lodge recycling plant,” she said.

“They’re where all the accidents happen. They’re trying to cross four lanes of traffic. There’s so many people who say how dangerous it is.

“They should close all of them and put in a big roundabout just by the recycling plant – then you could go down and come around.

“It’s got to stop. It may be a ways around, but I’m not about saving time, I’m about saving lives.”

Speaking of Greig’s return home on Monday, she said: “The kids are ecstatic. For us it’s a bit mixed really, emotions all over the place.

“It’s going to be a long period of adjustment for everybody.”

Police are investigating the circumstances of the crash and have appealed for witnesses to come forward.

Anyone with information should contact Sgt Sam Cordingley from the road policing unit on the non-emergency number 101.