A MOTHER campaigning to improve road safety outside two schools will hand a petition to councillors from concerned parents calling for action.

Amanda Strand, 38, of Daisy Lane, Locks Heath is spearheading the campaign for a second light-controlled crossing, traffic-slowing measures and a lollipop patrol.

Mrs Strand, who has two children at Locks Heath junior and infants schools, began the 300-name petition two weeks ago after the second of two accidents on Warsash Road involving children crossing from the schools.

The first accident involved two children and their grandmother and in the second, a little boy broke his foot on the existing pedestrian crossing when he was involved in a car accident.

The first accident happened after school where children cross Warsash Road without any official help. In the morning the same spot is covered by a lollipop patrol, but replacements in the evening cannot be recruited.

Mrs Strand's petition will be presented to the Fareham Borough Council meeting by road safety panel chairman Councillor Ruth Godrich, a member for Locks Heath.

Mrs Strand, mother of Elliott, eight, Mad-eline, seven, and Ellen, two, said: "I'm very pleased there's been so much support for this petition. It shows the depth of feeling. It's getting increasingly dangerous to cross Warsash Road.

"Parents and children take their lives in their hands when they cross after school.

"There is a lollipop lady after school crossing at some flashing lights, but no one after school to make sure the children are safe.

"Drivers don't seem to take as much notice of the road signs as they should and go too fast. There are many near-accidents.

"We want a second light-controlled pedestrian crossing to replace the flashing lights and a lollipop patrol and more prominent speeding signs giving earlier warnings of the crossings. Speed humps would also slow down traffic.''

The county council said it planned a roundabout at the junction of Locks Road with Warsash Road, to slow traffic down, and installed the pelican crossing last year after concern was expressed by parents.