The county council has been urged to put pedestrian crossings on a road where a teenage girl was hit by a car.

City councillors say plans for 17 pedestrian crossings face delays because they are part of the Headington and Marston Area Transport Strategy, which aims to improve public transport and curb private traffic.

But county council officers have said they may consider bringing work on the crossings forward.

Sybil Sheringham Dibdin, 51, of Staunton Road, has walked to Headington Senior School every day with her daughter, Emma Dibdin, 14, since Emma collided with a car's windscreen last month.

Crossings will not be installed until 2004 on Headley Way, near to the school, unless more accidents happen.

Addressing Oxford City Council's north east area committee on December 17, Mrs Sheringham Dibdin said: "There are 17 proposed crossings from Marston and Headington, and I would like to know why we can't have them before the county council sorts out a host of other complex problems."

James Gagg, county council transport planner, said: "We may consider bringing the work forward."

Mary Clarkson, councillor for Marston, said: "I have three children who I take St Joseph's Catholic School in Headley Way. I would say that as parents we should keep writing to the county council."

Stephen Tall, councillor for Headington, said: "The Pedestrian crossings have been bundled up in a this strategy.

"It's the responsibility of all of us to press the county council to provide the crossings sooner."