Petition · past parliament

Improve the safety of scammonden bridge due to the amount of suicides.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Increases of suicides involving individuals jumping off scammondem bridge over the M62 have increased dramatically. It was only today that an individual lost their life from jumping from the bridge. Something needs to be put in place to prevent the individuals from jumping to their death.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

20 Nov 2018 Petition opened for signatures
26 Nov 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 Nov 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.