Orphanage Road and Roe Lane are overcrowded with cars at school drop off and pick up times. This is dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. A four year old child was recently hit by a car. We want car entry to the streets to be limited during school start and finish times, as allowed by the School Streets Initiative (http://schoolstreets.org.uk/).

Orphanage Road and Roe Lane are two parts of a short, narrow residential street in Pitsmoor, Sheffield. Hundreds of parents and children use the street to access entrances to Abbeyfield Primary Academy and St Catherine’s Primary Academy.

Every day, engines are left running, cars park on crossings, corners, footpaths and double yellow lines and reverse onto footpaths to turn round. Parents and children arriving on foot have to walk down the road among moving and stationary cars when they arrive and leave the schools because footpaths are blocked by parked cars. This is dangerous for everyone.

Last week, a four year old child was knocked down by a car on their way home from school. This is not the first time that a car has hit a child on this street and is unlikely to be the last.

A School Street scheme has already been introduced at nearby Byron Wood school, where only residents and disabled badge holders are allowed access for one hour twice a day at school drop-off and pick-up times and arriving at and leaving school are now much safer.

We want:

• Abbeyfield Primary Academy and St Catherine’s Primary Academy to both apply for School Streets status immediately.
• Sheffield City Council to prioritise Orphanage Road & Roe Lane becoming School Streets, due to the ongoing danger to pedestrians and cyclists.