A worried mum has mounted a campaign for traffic calming after her nine-year-old son was knocked down at an accident blackspot.

Orla Humphreys was moved to action when her son Corey Jo stepped into the path of a car driven by Zameer Hussain - whose mother was killed on the same road six years ago.

The youngster was knocked down but escaped injury when he clipped the side of Mr Hussain's car in Heaton Road, Heaton, Bradford.

Mr Hussain's mother Azmat died a week after she was hit by a motorist in the same road and sustained brain injuries in 1998.

Now Miss Humphreys, who lives in Heaton Road, and Mr Hussain have joined forces to build up a petition urging Bradford Council to install traffic-calming measures at the scene.

Miss Humphreys, 32, said: "Corey stepped out between two parked cars opposite my house to see what was coming and the car hit him.

"The car was only doing 30 miles per hour - I do not blame the driver.

"But this road is absolutely manic at times, with cars doing 60 mph. It's very hard for even an adult to cross because you have to step out in between parked cars to see what is coming. Everywhere around Heaton Road has traffic calming so all the cars come up here."

Campaigners have collected more than 200 signatures on the petition in just a few days and won backing from Heaton ward councillor Stanley King.

Mr Hussain, 27, of Farfield Terrace, Heaton, said: "Someone has already been killed. My mother is dead.

"There is nowhere for children to safely cross that road. I was shocked when I hit the child and I am just glad he is still alive, but sooner or later some child will get knocked over."

Heaton resident Elizabeth Hellmich, of the SAFE (Safe Areas For Everyone) project, formerly known as Mums' Army, is backing the campaign.

"I will not let my child or any that I look after walk to school on their own," she said. "And the traffic is stopping children playing out because it is too dangerous."

Councillor King (Con), who lives in Heaton Road, has written to West Yorkshire Police calling for occasional radar checks on the road until any traffic-calming measures are installed.

He said: "It's a narrow road with many parked cars and it's a great danger to children, elderly people and other motorists.

"We will discuss what measures we could take with the Council's highways engineers, which could be building out pavements so people can see in between the parked cars or sleeping policemen."

Campaigners will present the petition to the Bradford West Area Committee on May 5. A Bradford Council spokes-man said: "When we receive the petition we will investigate the concerns."