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Police patrols on the A20 between Folkestone and Dover are to be increased and other measures to improve safety on the road will be introduced.

A 43 vehicle pile-up left one person dead in a serious accident on the road last month.

The Highways Agency has teamed up with Kent Police and Kent Country Council to tackle lorry safety on stretches of roads were collisions have occurred.

Under the banner of Operation Lexicon the three organisations, together with Kent Fire and Rescue and Medway Council, hope to change the way truck drivers behave on roads in the county.

The first to be targeted will be the M20/J3-6 and J9-11 as well as the A20 from Folkestone to Dover.

There will be more night-time police patrols, mobile "keep your distance" and "watch your speed" signs and more Highways Agency Traffic Officer patrols.

Kent Police Chief Inspector Adrian Moody adds: "The locations were defined by analysis as susceptible to collisions involving lorries."