Road safety campaigner appeals for school crossing

A road safety campaigner has called for more measures to be put in place on "dangerous" streets near a primary school.

Rose Gicovi has called for Coventry City Council to create a safe crossing point and enforce parking controls around Aldermoor Farm Primary School.

The campaigner, from Stoke Aldermoor, said some measures had been introduced after 304 people signed a petition addressed to the council.

However, Ms Gicovi called for more to be done to protect children walking to and from the school.

In the petition, which was launched in October 2024, locals called for a new zebra crossing to be built in Acorn Street as well as cameras to monitor parking in Pinley Fields.

They also asked for the area to be made a 20mph (32kph) zone and for zig-zag markings to be painted on the roads surrounding the school.

"The roads there are unsafe for people to cross, particularly the ones by the primary school," Ms Gicovi said.

"We were having parents talk to us and saying there had been near misses for children who were crossing the roads," she added.

"We have the problem when cars are parked on both sides of the road, and it was very easy for children to cross, and that made it particularly dangerous."

Since the survey was launched, some zig-zag markings have been painted outside the school.

However, Ms Gicovi, who works for community charity Grapevine, said they were not extensive enough and called on the council to do more.

"I want those in charge to come to our area and come and speak to us - to the parents - and see what's really happening on the ground," she said.

"Because at the moment it's still not safe for people to cross, and it's still not a place where people feel safe to walk."

Coventry City Council has been contacted for comment.

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