A single objector has delayed plans by Bradford Council to bring in safety measures at a dangerous road junction which claimed the life of an elderly woman this week.

Norah Spreckley, 82, was on her way to meet her daughter to go shopping when she was hit by a skip wagon laden with stone at the junction in Undercliffe.

The widow, who lived in sheltered accommodation in Charnwood Close, near to where the accident happened, died at the scene.

Local people have been campaigning for years for a pedestrian crossing at the traffic lights where Killinghall Road, Harrogate Road and Otley Road meet.

But the Council has revealed its hopes to put in safety measures have been put back. A Council spokeswoman said: "We have plans to install a signalled pedestrian crossing, with red and green men, at the junction and have advertised this proposal.

"Unfortunately the work has been delayed by an objection. We hope to install crossings at the junction and the one with Northcote Road once the objection has been resolved."

The Council is also planning major resurfacing work at junctions on Harrogate Road and work is going on to upgrade bus stops and put in new shelters.

But residents and local businesses, who are angry that the Council has taken no action over a number of years, are now considering protests over the lack of safety measures.

Pet shop owner Barry Williams said: "There is talk of people sitting in the road and stopping the traffic.

"Mrs Spreckley's death has brought it to a head. This tragedy has been waiting to happen and people in Undercliffe feel they have been ignored.

"There are a lot of elderly people living in the area and some of them won't go shopping in Undercliffe any more because they are too frightened to cross the road."

Mr Williams added: "Norah was a sweet Christian woman who was always smartly turned out and was sprightly and lively for her age."