A grieving mother who lost her son in a road accident is attracting major support for her campaign to get safety improvements before another life is wasted.

Jan Embling's son Grant was killed in a motorcycle crash on the A4130, near the A34 Milton Interchange, on September 26.

The 20-year-old former Oxford and Cherwell Valley College student was the fifth person to be killed on the A4130, between the A34 and Wallingford, since January 2003.

His mother is calling for immediate safety improvements before another tragedy happens.

Mrs Embling, of Sinodun Road, Didcot, said: "I want to save some other poor mother or father from grieving like our family is.

"I feel so strongly I won't let up. Our family has been destroyed by this and I do not want another family to go through it."

She has launched a petition to back her campaign and collected more than 1,000 signatures so far.

Mrs Embling has vowed to carry on campaigning until action is taken on the A4130 link road stretch between Didcot and the A34.

She said: "I want more street lights, a reduced speed limit and double white lines in the road.

"I don't expect to get all three taken up, but we need to get something done.

"It is so dark down there and the road curves. It's almost a blind bend."

She has been out collecting signatures in Didcot's Orchard Centre almost every day for the past week and said the response from residents had been overwhelming.

She added: "People cannot wait to sign it. Everybody feels it is a terrible road.

"Once I have 3,000 signatures we want to organise a hand-link demonstration on the road itself to show complete solidarity on this.

"Then perhaps something will be done about it."

Mrs Embling's campaign has also been backed by Wantage and Didcot MP Ed Vaizey, who said: "You can still see scorch marks on that road from a fatal accident last year.

"Although it looks safe to overtake, because of the speed of the oncoming traffic it is very dangerous.

"These improvements would be a fitting tribute to Grant."

Tony Kirkwood, assistant principal engineer at Oxfordshire County Council, said safety measures for the A4130 were being investigated.

But he added: "As always in these types of circumstances, we have other communities in Oxfordshire that are campaigning for safety measures on their roads and we have limited resources.

"However, we do listen and we are aware of the strength of feeling about the A4130."