A LOLLIPOP lady has called for traffic-calming measures on the road where she works after she was injured in an accident.

Sarah Spokes, 37, was on crossing patrol in Bennington Street, Blackburn, when she was hit by a car as she crossed to collect a child.

She suffered a broken shoulder and injured right arm and will be off work for several weeks.

She said: "All I can see if I close my eyes is this car coming towards me. If I had already collected the child she could have been killed."

Police who attended the scene said the incident was not speed related.

But the lollipop lady added: "There have been problems on the road since I started nearly four years ago. Cars park on the restriction lines outside the school and the lorries come thundering down the road.

"But this will not stop me from returning to work as I could not leave my children."

Mrs Spokes, of Hereford Road, was admitted to Blackburn Infirmary after the incident on Tuesday morning.

She wants to see measures such as a mini traffic island outside St Mary and St Joseph's RC Primary School, implemented on the 30mph road.

School headteacher Elaine Grimshaw, said: "The council has assured us that something is going to be done about the road. It is very dangerous."

Ward councillor Salim Mulla said: "Lollipop ladies perform a valuable service to the community and they do a really fantastic job. It's so sad that something like this has to happen."

Police said Mrs Spokes had been struck by a Vauxhall Astra driven by a Fatima Sidat, 21, of Haslingden Road, Blackburn. Sergeant Stuart Isherwood, of Accrington road police, said: "That road has not got a casualty record as such. It is not one where we have accident problems."

No arrests have been made in connection with the incident.

Peter Morgan, council director of education and lifelong learning, urged drivers to take extra care near schools.