THE mum of a girl who was knocked over on Upper Sheffield Road has submitted a petition asking for a pelican crossing to be put there.

Samantha Windle, 12, was with a friend when she was struck by a car while crossing the road on a zebra crossing near its junction with Knowle Road.

A bus had stopped to let the girls cross but as they were half way across a car overtook the bus. The incident in May left Samantha with a broken leg and ankle and she is still suffering pain and being treated by a physiotherapist.

The injury prompted mum Joy, of Aspen Gardens, Bank End, to start the petition calling for the zebra crossing to be replaced with a pelican crossing. Almost 380 residents have put their name to it and Samantha has sent it to Barnsley Council.

She said: "We have had a good response from around here and a lot of complaints about the crossing. "If a pelican crossing was there people would stop at a red light, but the fact is with a zebra crossing they don't bother.

But a report to the council's cabinet says the crossing does not meet "the very strict criteria" needed to justify the provision of a pelican crossing. "However, an investigation will be carried out to see whether any improvements can be made to the existing zebra crossing facility and whether any advanced signing is required," the report states.

MP Michael Clapham has also written to the council asking if the crossing could be inspected.