CONCERNED mothers of Pershore schoolchildren are campaigning for a safe way to cross a busy road.

Some of the parents are so worried for the safety of their children that they have written to Worcestershire County Council to ask for a crossing along Defford Road and have set up their own initiative - Safe Kids in Pershore - to walk their children to and from school.

The county council has passed on the mothers' concerns and a petition with 100 signatures to the Highways Partnership unit, which has agreed to carry out a feasibility study.

"We aren't looking for a specific kind of crossing," said Agnes Tomlinson, who has six-year-old triplets.

"Anything would be helpful really because there's no place you can safely cross and nothing to assist you in getting across.

"There's a couple of bends that make it difficult for the cars to see children crossing the road and there are no signs to alert drivers.

"By the time my children are aged eight or nine, there should be no reason why they couldn't walk to school by themselves but, at the moment, it's too dangerous for them.''

Geoff Cox, Highways Partnership unit manager with Worcestershire County Council, said no definite date had been set for the feasibility studies, but added: "Now the schools are back, we'll be looking at doing something in the near future."