RESIDENTS are calling for more measures to be put in place to improve safety after a woman was knocked down and killed at an accident blackspot.

Fiona Daniels, 29, of St John's Court, Buckhurst Hill, was struck by a car as she tried to cross Woodford Green High Road, near the junction with Forest Approach and Bunces Lane, at about 7pm on January 18.

The accident happened on the same stretch of road where popular boxing coach Norman Yearley was hit and killed in 2008.

And Forest Approach residents have now said more needs to be done to make sure motorists drive safely.

Elaine Smith, 57, a housewife, said more lighting should be installed around the crossing where Mrs Daniels was struck.

“I want to put it as strongly as I can,” Mrs Smith said.

“It's very dark as you come down Bunces Lane and I think motorists need to be more aware that there's a crossing.

“They come up there so fast at times and there needs to be a bit more warning.”

Neighbour Michael Nathanson, 64, added that the speed camera near the crossing should be moved so that drivers would slow down as they approached it.

He said: “With 90 per cent of vehicles, you see their brake lights come on as they hit the crossing.

“If they slowed down under 30 miles an hour before they reached the crossing, they'd have more chance of stopping.”

Brenda Todd, a receptionist at Holly House Hospital in Buckhurst Hill, agreed that the speed camera did not seem to slow drivers down.

She said: “Nothing seems to slow them down. It's not as if you could put sleeping policemen there.”

A fourth resident, who wished to remain anonymous, suggested the speed limit should be reduced.

She said: “There have been two fatalities there in just a couple of years. With a school across the road, they should have a 20mph zone.”

Mrs Daniels died at the Royal London Hospital on January 20, two days after the accident.

Floral tributes have been left at the scene.