Councillors are vehemently objecting to plans to build 152 homes on the outskirts of their town, claiming a proposed access will result in deaths.
Chatteris Town Councillors fear Abbeymill Homes' plans to have access to its development on land south of the Elms off the busy A142 could lead to fatalities.
The councillors were discussing changes to the plans, which originally had the access off Wenny Road at their meeting on Tuesday night.
Clerk Jo Melton explained the applicant had revised its plans and was now consulting on having the access off the town's by-pass, which is a designated "red route" because of the high accident rate.
Cllr Alan Gowler pointed out that the town council was working on a Local Highways Initiative with Cambridgeshire County Council to have a reduced speed limit along the road and to introduce safety measures at the nearby New Road junction because it's dangerous.
He said it was ridiculous that the council was looking at safety measures at one junction, when the developer was looking to add another junction to a road recognised as being an accident blackspot.
Cllr Gowler claimed the move to change the access was because the site was part of a larger area of land which was owned by a number of different developers, and Abbeymill Homes did not want to pay another landowner to have the access off Wenny Road.
He said drivers speed round the two sweeping bends at that point, and that it is "impossible to see" oncoming cars properly.
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He added that anyone looking at the road on paper might think there is a clear view, but that is not the case because of the two bends.
Cllr Sue Unwin described the bypass as a "death road" and said: "It's a red route, I'm sorry but we are condemning our residents if we allow the access on that road, there will be a fatality.
"It will be a sea of blood."
Cllr Sharon Selman, who chaired the meeting in the absence of the mayor and deputy mayor, agreed the proposed junction was unacceptable and said: "The people of Chatteris are going to suffer if the developer can't get its act together with the other developers."
Cllr Gowler added: "I have no objections to the actual development of the houses, but the access is totally unacceptable."
Everyone unanimously agreed to object to the proposed change in access.
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