Road safety experts have agreed to look again at a dangerous road where a young mother lost her life.

Following the tragic death of 23-year-old Pamela Bangs outside the Laurance Haines primary school in March of this year, repeated calls were made for safety improvements.

Yet council officers, advised by police experts and a coroner, ruled at the start of the month that no remedial safety measures were necessary at the Vicarage Road site.

This decision was challenged at a council meeting this week, where school representatives came face-to-face with highways officers.

Speaking at a meeting of the Hertfordshire Highways’ Joint Member Panel at Watford Town Hall on Tuesday night, chair of governors David Pennie, backed by dozens of anxious parents, requested they think again.

He said: “Anyone visiting the school at 8.30am in the morning would see the problems there; the number of cars and the number of children is a real problem.

“It’s important to remember that 90 per cent of our children walk to school. Even the ones that are driven have to walk the last bit down this road.”

Mr Pennie, who told how only that morning he had experienced a near miss with his two children, said concerns were raised in the months and weeks before Ms Bangs’ death.

He again suggested that better signage, safety railings, and a reduced speed limit be investigated.

Committee chairman Andrew Wylie agreed that remedial measures were required at the school and arranged a meeting between highways officials and the school at the end of the month – where all concerns would be aired and acted upon.

He said: “We want a proper resolution to this so we don’t have to sit around this table again and discuss another fatal accident at his site.”