RESIDENTS have warned someone could be killed after learning traffic lights will not be installed at the entrance to their Oxford estate.

They say the junction of Wood Farm Road and The Slade is an accident waiting to happen, because it is so congested.

In May, Oxfordshire County Council said it was considering improvements to the junction following years of campaigning by Wood Farm residents.

But this week it announced traffic lights would not be installed.

Peter Bonney, of Nuffield Road, said more motorists were using The Slade because they were frightened of using the rebuilt Green Road roundabout at Headington.

He said: "It's needed more than anything now. When the schools come out and it's rush hour you can't move because there's so much traffic. A lot of them are frightened of that roundabout - they come off and then cut through and come down here."

The 68-year-old said he sometimes had to wait up to six minutes to turn right out of Wood Farm Road.

He said: "It's utterly ridiculous. There are people tooting and braking and there have been accidents. Luckily no-one's been hurt but it's going to happen - it's a time bomb waiting to go off, a fatal accident waiting to happen.

"We have got a yellow box but that's just pointless. They won't stop to let you out. It makes people take risks."

He said motorists were also using Titup Hall Drive to avoid the junction - but said this was increasing traffic outside Wood Farm Primary School.

Parish councillor Les Foster-Barnes, of Bonar Road, said he had been campaigning for traffic lights for more than six years.

He said: "Once again Wood Farm has been deprived. I feel very disillusioned but I shall still be canvassing. It's a very dangerous junction."

Mr Foster-Barnes said he hoped planning gain money from housing developments, such as one proposed at the nearby Slade Park Territorial Army barracks, could be used to pay for traffic lights.

A county council spokesman said: "The council has nearly finished a £250,000 project to improve bus services as part of the council's premium routes programme.

"The project, which started at the beginning of the year, is designed to improve the infrastructure and to make journey times more reliable on the number 10 and 15 services."

"Traffic lights at the junction of Wood Farm Road and The Slade were considered as part of the project, but the conclusion was there would be no benefit to the bus service."