BLAENAU Gwent Council said there are no plans to install traffic calming measures on Attlee Way, Cefn Golau, despite a five-year-old girl being badly injured in a car accident.

Little Maddi Price feared she could have died after being hit by a Maxus van last Tuesday - an incident which lefft her with a broken knee, two black eyes and needing nine stitches in her head.

Her mother Claire Brooker, 31, called for action to stop speeding and careless drivers, saying: "Will it take the death of a child before they do something?"

Ms Brooker joined eight other worried mothers plus local councillors Haydn Trollope and Steve Thomas in calling for action.

Cllr Trollope said the Cefn Golau tenants and residents' association have been campaigning for 12 years to reduce the speed limit from 30mph to 20mph on the 100 metre stretch as well as for speed bumps to be installed.

He said there have been many "near misses" over the years, adding: "There's a creche, lots of shops and a park used by children, as well as the school buses that stop off on Attlee Way.

"There are lots of children around but it is one of the worst streets in the town."

Cllr Thomas said: ''It's something that continually comes up, with children running out of the park, it's so dangerous."

Danielle Burke, 28, said: "It's going to happen, one day a child will be killed. Maddi was lucky, but if nothing is done, there will be fatalities."

A Blaenau Gwent council spokeswoman said: "There are currently no traffic calming measures planned for this area. However, the council takes its highway responsibilities very seriously and, where appropriate, delivers measures to improve road safety for all users across Blaenau Gwent."

Maddi was hit by a Maxus van at around 7pm, on Tuesday, June 14.

A 39-year-old man from Crumlin and 21-year-old man from Blackwood were arrested at the scene on suspicion of aggravated and unlawful vehcile taking and have been bailed until July 12.

Gwent Police asked witnesses to call 101.