A FATHER whose son was killed in a car crash 18 years ago is leading calls for traffic calming measures along the street where he lives.

Steve Chandler, 64, said problems with littering and speeding vehicles along Sandford Lane in Kennington were getting out of control.

Mr Chandler, whose son Mark was killed in an accident near the village when he was 21, said: "There hasn't been a fatal accident along Sandford Lane yet, but everybody who lives here thinks there's one waiting to happen."

The semi-retired engineer said the steady growth of Sandford Lane Industrial Estate had led to hundreds of lorries, vans and cars whizzing along the narrow road every day.

He said some lorry drivers reversed down the lane because there was no room to turn around, while others used the entrance to the cemetery, churning up the grass verges in the process.

Lorries frequently parked on the pavement outside his house to unload because they were unable to pass under the bridge, he added. Sandford Lane, which leads to the River Thames and is a popular route for dog walkers, cyclists and young families, has a 30mph speed limit.

But Mr Chandler said he regularly witnessed delivery vans travelling at more than 50mph.

He said: "There are speed humps right through the village - why can't we have them down here?"

Kennington Parish Council wrote to every business on the industrial estate about the litter and speeding two years ago. Mr Chandler said the speeding stopped for only a short period and that mountains of cardboard, plastic bags and wrapping paper from the trading estate still littered the neighbourhood.

Parish clerk Pam Johnston said a village litter blitz last month had highlighted how bad Sandford Lane had become.

Mrs Johnston has written to the Vale of White Horse District Council about the problem.

Oxfordshire Highways said it would only investigate if there were more complaints.

Principal traffic technician Lee Turner said: "We aren't aware of any recent complaints concerning speeding lorries along Sandford Lane and there are no plans to introduce traffic calming measures in the near future.

"Funding for traffic calming measures is, of course, limited and schemes are prioritised according to criteria including accident history, volume of traffic and traffic type."