HIGHWAYS bosses are being urged to grit an icy main road after a spate of accidents.

Cheadle Councillor Richard Alcock said there had been three incidents on a stretch of road at Hollington, near Tean, during the recent cold snap.

He added: "The road was just like a sheet of ice. It is a main road, not a country road.

"Conditions were absolutely terrible. It was not fit to drive on.

"One of my constituents was nearly run over walking through Hollington.

"The roads have got to be gritted for people's safety."

Staffordshire county councillor Mike Maryon, cabinet member for highways, said gritting teams were treating the major roads.

He added: "We need to remind people that there is still a national shortage and that we are still having to continue to run a reduced salting route, so we are salting A and B routes only."