PUPILS have taken to the recording studio as they bid to improve safety at a dangerous crossing near their school.

Year 10 pupils at Didcot Girls School have recorded a song in the school’s studio encouraging council bosses to upgrade a zebra crossing in Wantage Road to a pelican crossing controlled by traffic lights.

The pupils claim it is a danger spot after a pupil was hit by a car last month. She escaped with minor injuries.

The girls say there have also been several near misses.

As part of their campaign, the pupils have also got more than 60 people to sign a petition and have put up posters in local shops.

Holly Nolan, 15, of Great Western Drive, in Didcot, sings on the record, called The Zebra Crossing Song.

She said: “We were asked to put together a campaign pro-ject, and two days before I’d seen a girl get hit on the crossing so thought it would be a good idea.

“We’re supposed to be seeing the council over the next week and hopefully this will persuade them to do somthing about it. It’s really dangerous.”

“There are also a lot of young kids who use the crossing on the way to primary school so it’s really important.”

Isi Meade, 15, of Bradstocks Way, Sutton Courtenay, said: “The campaign has gone really well and loads of people have signed our petition.”

Amie Cook, 14, from Crowmarsh, said: “I just hope the council listen. We know there are problems on that bit of road, but because we’re teenagers they might not listen to us, even though we’re the ones who use it every day.

Music teacher Lucy Jackson said: “The pupils have done so well pushing a campaign they feel really strongly about.

“It’s all their own work, without any help from the teachers.”

She added that the pupils had recently invited local PCSOs to investigate the traffic on the road, which has a 30mph limit.

They caught two people speeding within 20 minutes.

Last night, Marcus Mabberley, a spokesman for Oxfordshire County Council, said: “We carried out a speed survey recently on this area of Wantage Road and found that the average speeds there were not excessive.”

But he added: “We will look in the new financial year into the possibility of making minor improvements to the crossing.

“We are always happy to meet people to discuss issues, but currently we have no plans to change this zebra crossing to a pelican crossing.”