WROUGHTON is in the spotlight during Road Safety Week after a four-year-old boy escaped uninjured when a car jumped red lights at a crossing outside the infant school.

On Monday morning, during the rush hour, a group of parents with their children witnessed the vehicle hit the child, and are using the incident to drive change right across the village.

The parish council are consulting on measures that can be taken, and the cabinet member for Streetsmart and highways officer are meeting to discuss the topic.

Amanda Woodhead, 42, who has a child at the school, wrote to the parish council after the incident to push for a safety review in the village.

“Generally cars use the village as a cut-through, and with Wichelstowe nearby we are getting more cars passing through,” she said.

“That has been the case for the last 16 years.

“We were lucky that the boy was ok and that there was only one child on the crossing at the time.

“I tell my kids to wait for the green man but this goes to show you have to be even more careful.”

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Cheryl Boulton, the headteacher of Wroughton Infants School

Cheryl Boulton, headteacher at Wroughton Infants School, said the issue of parents parking on double yellow lines and speed on Wharf Road does need to be addressed.

“Like all schools, we do have an issue with parking which has a huge impact on children’s safety,” she said.

“This is my third year as head and we regularly have parents parking on double yellow lines.

“Obviously if a car is on double yellow lines visibility is down and children’s safety is reduced. I have asked whether we could put speed humps in like they have outside Waitrose.

“There is already a 20mph speed limit in place outside the school on Wharf Road, however the rest of Wharf Road is 30mph, so there is quite a long stretch where people can pick up speed.

“The difficulty is cars can be approaching faster than the 20mph restriction and if the lights change they may not be able to stop quickly enough.

“Any measures introduced can only be positive.”

Coun Brian Ford, cabinet member for Streetsmart, said he would be raising the issue of safety outside the school at meetings to see what could be done to improve the area.

“I will be raising it this week when I meet the Highways officer,” he said.

“Obviously we want to see if there are any measures we can use to keep speed under control in that area, and we can look at possible rumble strips.”

The boy involved in the incident was largely unharmed and has since returned to school.

A spokesman for the South West Ambulance Service said: “We were called at 8.45am to a collision between a pedestrian and a car.

“There was one casualty who was a four-year-old boy.

“Fortunately he was uninjured and was treated at the scene. He was checked over and was found to be ok to go back to his home.”