A mother fears her eight-year-old son will be seriously injured when crossing “dangerous” roads near his school due to a lack of parking spaces for parents.

Nikki Blythe, of Chesham Way, in the Holywell Estate, is calling for Holywell Primary School, in Tolpits Lane, to put up bollards or wooden fences to stop cars being parked haphazardly in the middle of the roads or on the pavements of nearby Chesham Way and Croxley View.

She says that she has been a parent at the school for 15 years and still has a son in Year 4, but for the past five years she has complained about pupils being “unable to walk to school safely”.

Ms Blythe said: “I am angry and frustrated at this issue as I have now been complaining about it for the fifth academic year running, but absolutely no action has been taken.

“It is getting out of hand. The parking for this school continues to be absolutely dangerous and no children can walk to school safely, as the lack of parking is putting their lives in danger.

“A simple measure to keep our children safe would be to install wooden fencing, but will action only be taken when a child is injured?”

Cllr Nigel Bell, who represents the Holywell ward, also told the Observer that he has made enquiries to see if barriers could be put up in a bid to make the roads safer.

He said: “I have talked to Nikki Blythe and I can confirm I have contacted the Housing Trust in the past to try and get them to put bollards or barriers up to stop vehicles parking in a dangerous area in Chesham way and Croxley View, as they had responded earlier in the year when I got them to put posts and rail on the old side of the Holywell estate to stop Football anti-social parking.

“It is getting to the point where a child is going to be seriously hurt and I have also discussed this with the head of Holywell school and it needs another letter by him to parents as well as police patrols to start ticketing and warning about anti-social driving and parking.”

The head teacher at Holywell Primary School, Coert van Straaten, said that the school is encouraging more pupils to walk rather than be dropped off by car.

He said: “We understand that this is of concern to both parents and local residents and we want to reassure them that we regularly request that parents park at the local community centre at King Georges playing field so that students can walk safely to school and enter the school though the back gate.

“In addition, we have introduced a walk to school scheme in the summer to encourage pupils to walk as part of a healthier lifestyle but also to reduce car journeys to the school.

“We also welcome the fact that some of the older children at this school achieved their Level 2 bike ability qualification with the Watford Cycle hub this summer.”