A FEARFUL mum is concerned her ten-year-old son could be killed using a crossing which she claims is an "accident waiting to happen".

Anna Dodd and her 10-year-old son have nearly been hit three times by cars on the zebra crossing on Brickfields Road.

On three separate occasions, one involving her son and two involving just her, they were on the zebra crossing when cars nearly ran them over.

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During one near miss, Miss Dodd claims if she was a few steps ahead there could have been a fatal crash.

She said: "A woman came hurtling across, and if I was any more forward or my son was crossing, she would not be able to stop in time and hit or kill him. 

"It makes me feel like I should not use it."

Brickfields Road zebra crossing is positioned at the bottom of a hill, just before the railway bridge.

It is near the turning for Blackpole Road and near the roundabout at Astwood Road which Miss Dodd explains contributes to the ongoing issue. 

She takes the route every day while taking her son to school and occasionally he will ride a little bit further ahead on his scooter.

It is an accident waiting to happen and if nothing is done then an adult, a child, or even an animal on a lead will be hit.

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"Nothing is that important where you can potentially make or kill someone.

"Is anyone in that much rush in the morning?"

However, Miss Dodd reveals that the incidents that happened to her and her son are not isolated, and other parents have experienced the same issues.

She recalled how a few of her friends' pets have almost been hit by cars despite being on a lead while they were using the crossing.

Councillor Mike Rouse, Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport for Worcestershire County Council, said: “There have been no reported personal injury accidents since the Zebra Crossing was installed in Sept 2020.

"We would encourage residents with concerns to raise them with their local county councillor.”

Miss Dodd proposes that a possible solution to the problem would be putting up cameras which will catch drivers failing to stop when someone is on the crossing.