How the A36 may look if plans for silhouettes of crash victims goes ahead'DEATH VALLEY' FEATURE: GRIM reminders of the victims from fatal road crashes could be the key in driving down the death toll.

Traffic cops are meeting with ambulance services, the fire brigade and the Highways Agency hoping to put silhouettes of death crash victims by the side if the roads in west Wiltshire.

Police believe the 4ft high black silhouettes of victims, with a red bolt of lightening through the head, will act as a morbid warning to all other drivers.

Divisional Traffic Chief Inspector Cavan Moroney said: "It is an idea being spoken about between the emergency services.

"Most of the recent crashes are not speed-related, in most cases they are driver error.

"When I was on holiday in southern France I took a photo of one of the silhouettes, they have the worst accident record in Western Europe over there, and thought it was a great idea.

"Everywhere you go you can see a black silhouette of an adult or a child with a red bolt of lightening through the head.

"You can actually see who has died and where. It acts as a stark reminder to drivers."

A meeting is set to take place between traffic cops, ambulance service fire brigade and the Highways Agency about introducing the silhouettes on the A36.

From crashes this year alone there would be five silhouettes on the stretch of road between Codford and Warminster.

The Highways Agency has said the initiative would have to be discussed at national level before police could set up the silhouettes.

A spokesman for the Highways Agency said: "It's not been used in the UK before and this means they would have to go through rigorous tests. We can't just put something up next to the road."