Sandwell Council is set to curb racing cars on one of the borough's most dangerous roads with a £50,000 speed bump and crossing scheme.

Hanover Road in Rowley Regis is one of the council's highest priorities for traffic calming schemes - with a backlog of serious car accident injuries, many of them involving children.

The road is used by schoolchildren walking home from St Michael's C of E school and Rowley Hall Primary School.

Fed-up resident and mum-of-four Amanda Millward welcomed the news.

She said: "I won't let my children out in the front garden now it's so bad.

"Cars use it as a racetrack at night and it's so noisy.

"There have been quite a few children knocked over and a car recently had a near-miss with a bus stop."

Jessica Redding, 19, said: "They should put traffic lights at the top of the road because you can't see the cars coming round the corner from Portway Road.

"I think the speed bumps are a good idea."

The proposals, set to be decided at a meeting on Friday September 22, could see speed bumps along the road and pedestrian crossing points, possibly near the parade of shops.

Rowley Regis councillor Bill Thomas said he had been campaigning for speed bumps since he was first elected.

He added: "I am pleased this is now a priority area.

"I hope during the consultation period residents will back the scheme.

"I believe it is long overdue."

A council report to the cabinet member for neighbourhoods, Cllr Mahboob Hussain, said: "Hanover Road has a history of road traffic accidents.

"Data shows in the five-year period ending March 30 2006 there were five reported injury accidents.

"Of the five casualties, two sustained serious and three slight injuries.

"Further analysis of the accidents shows that of particular concern is the high number of accidents involving child pedestrians - 80 per cent compared to the Sandwell average of 8.6 per cent."