A family have spoken of their fear and fury after their daughter was knocked down by a car on her way to school.

Dinky Bakhai was hit as she was crossing Locket Road on her way to Belmont Middle School yesterday morning.

Her family are angry at Harrow Borough Council both because there was no lollypop patrol on the morning of the collision and because of the lack of road safety measures around the school.

Dinky was taken to hospital with bruising of her head, but her family say her injuries are not believed to be life threatening.

The ten-year-old’s father Priyesh, 47, said: “When I first heard my daughter had been in an accident I was so scared and panicked.

“When someone tells you your child has been in an accident you don’t know what to think.

“A lot of parents have been campaigning for a long time to get a zebra crossing put in across Locket Road to make it safe for children walking to school but nothing has been done.

“Something needs to be done or other children could be hurt his and they could be worse.”

Dinky's brother Koonnj Bakhai, 19, said: “I’m furious because if we knew there wasn’t a lollypop patrol on that day we wouldn’t have let her walk to school by herself.

“She is recovering from being hit and she is very lucky. It could have been so much worse and we are angry there wasn’t anyone there to help her.”

The family say during the last year the school would text parents to let them know if there would be lollypop lady on patrol, but on the day of the accident they say they did not receive a text.

Speaking to the Harrow Times, a spokesman for Harrow Council said: “It is very regrettable that this child was hurt while on her way to school.

“We are looking into the absence of the school crossing patrol officer and the safety record of Locket Road.

“Road safety is an extremely important issue at all schools in the borough and a 20mph zone has recently been put in place around the school to slow traffic.”

He added the council would examine if anything more can be done around Belmont Primary.