A MOTHER who stood "frozen with fear" as a lorry brushed past her baby's pushchair on a Haslemere road, is calling for urgent safety measures.

Siobhan O'Reilly, 33, who moved into her home in Lower Street 18 months ago, was trying to cross the narrow and congested Lower Street with her four-month-old daughter Amelia.

She is planning to lobby Surrey County Council and campaign for something to be done.

"You really do feel like you are taking your life into your hands when you try and cross that road. There are times when I've frozen with fear because lorries come so near - it can be terrifying.

"There needs to be speed humps and a zebra crossing because there are so many blind corners and the traffic travels so fast."

Mrs O'Reilly said that Shepherds Hill was a particularly dangerous spot, with huge lorries and other traffic negotiating the narrow road with its minimal pavement.

"I've only lived in the area for a year and a half and it's worrying when you hear that people have been trying to get road improvements implemented for the last 20 years.

"It isn't very encouraging.

"I'm determined to do something about it because it's not safe as it is and I feel very strongly about it," said Mrs O'Reilly

Lower Street, which joins the A283 Petworth Road, has been the subject of repeated calls for traffic-calming measures following a spate of accidents in recent years.

Appeals for a pedestrian crossing in Lower Street and a recent petition for speed restrictions and traffic calming have so far come to nothing.

A group of residents lobbied Surrey County Council to fund safety measures on the road, which is one of the main approach roads to Haslemere by organising two petitions.

Petition organiser James Kirkwood has called for similar measures to those in place at the Liphook entrance to Shottermill.

Speaking to The Herald earlier in the year, he said: "The traffic coming into Haslemere on Petworth Road travels at very high speed. Drivers seem to totally disregard the speed limit. "

Mr Kirkwood's latest petition is currently being investigated by Surrey's Waverley Local Committee, the same committee which recommended the use of signage on the stretch of road which falls into the 30 mph limit.

Last week, SCC engineers told a meeting of Haslemere town councillors that they would be looking into pedestrian facilities and traffic calming in the area within the next six months, along with an accident study.

• Anyone wishing to help Mrs O'Reilly in her campaign can contact her on 01428 643070.