Kill your speed signs designed by schoolchildren will be put up in an Oxfordshire village as part of a package of road safety measures being created across the county.

The signs, designed by pupils at Wootton Primary School, near Abingdon, are part of a £600,000 project approved by county councillors to help children get to school safely without being taken by car.

Schools participating in the council's Better Ways to School Programme suggested a series of measures.

These include a traffic free zone in Jericho Street, Oxford, to divert vehicles around St Barnabas CE First School in Hart Street.

A 20mph limit outside The Ridgeway Primary School in Childrey, near Wantage, is another initiative. Signs designed by pupils will also go up encouraging drivers to cut their speed.

Children travelling to Mill Lane Primary School and St Andrews CE Primary School in Chinnor, near Thame, are set to benefit from a toucan crossing in Oakley Road.

The crossings are wider than standard pelican crossings with special lanes and green bike symbols for cyclists.

Rachel Gover, county TravelWise officer, said: "A total of 31 schools are currently involved in the Better Ways to School Programme and all have adopted, or are developing, their own school travel plans to tackle traffic problems. We are inviting schools to bid to join in next year's programme."

Volunteers at Wootton have set up a walking bus, where children are escorted along a set route with designated pick-up points.

The county has supported the scheme by altering the crossing timing to give the supervised crocodile of children longer to cross the road.