A SCHOOL on a busy road where a boy died in a traffic accident has been without a lollipop lady for the last 14 years.

Parents, governors and teachers at Hindlip Primary School in Fernhill Heath have not found anyone to fill the position, despite their best efforts.

They want a speed activated sign, a pedestrian crossing, better signs or even a speed camera on the A38 in the village to deter drivers from breaking the 30mph speed limit.

Thomas Drew was four years old when he was killed after he stepped out into the road outside Hindlip Primary School in 2002. His parents, Sarah Byrne and Steven Drew, have successfully campaigned to have the speed limit reduced from 40mph to 30mph but have said they want more to be done.

Mr Drew, aged 35, of Station Road, Fernhill Heath, said: "It's pathetic. I personally think there should be a camera. The reason they have been struggling to fill that position for 14 years is people are frightened to do it because the cars go too fast. People have said they will do it but they won't until they put a crossing or a camera in."

Julia Letts, a parent governor at the school, and Sue Barnes, a parent, were at a meeting of North Claines Parish Council on Monday to highlight the continuing campaign.

Mrs Barnes has one child at the school, Ross, aged eight and one child who has left the school, Joe, aged nine. Mrs Barnes, who has been campaigning since Thomas's death, said: "The school has been advertising the crossing position for the last 14 years. The council says there have not been enough accidents to warrant a new sign and we want to be pro-active in the future. I'm still carrying on the campaign for future children or another child may die."

Campaigners say they are prepared to raise the £1,000 necessary to pay for the sign themselves but need permission from Worcester-shire County Council before the slow down sign is installed.

There is already a speed activated sign at the eastern entrance to Fernhill Heath but campaigners now want a bigger, better positioned sign.

Mrs Letts, who has two children at the school - Izzy, aged seven, and Charlie, aged five - said the railings outside the school were crumpled following repeated collisions.

She said: "There are yellow fluorescent signs elsewhere. It's crazy, watching this road get busier and busier and the primary school getting fuller and fuller. Powick has flash signs and they have vehicle activated signs at Callow End."

Roy Fullee, a county council highways liaison engineer, who was at the parish council meeting, said: "We have to look at the statistics and see if we can do anything about it. The saga has gone on for too long. They have had no answers. It's now a case of getting those answers. Every village in Worcestershire is asking for the same thing but we only have so many officers and resources."