Your column ran an article in year 2000 regarding the chicanes on Copse Hill, Wimbledon, which were installed in early 1998 but by the summer of 1998 they were held to have been responsible for about 100 accidents. The chicanes are still claiming victims, and I fell foul whilst driving my X3 up Copse Hill in February 2013. I have asked Merton Borough Council to reimburse the cost of two damaged nearside tyres, i.e. £545, but their insurers, Zurich Municipal, have told me that the chicanes in their view do not pose any particular hazard, and that the chicanes are fit for purpose. The rate of accidents in 1998 suggests otherwise, and it will be helpful if you can tell me from your extensive knowledge whether the rate of accidents has continued subsequently so that I may refute the insurers surprising statements.