A hit and run victim fears a child could be killed if driving standards near a school are not improved.

Stan Grenier, 49, from Brighton, was struck by a hit-and-run motorist in Patcham’s Ladies Mile Road last week.

Mr Grenier, who had just dropped his daughter at school shortly before 9am, was walking across a zebra crossing when he was hit by a red Fiat Punto.

He was thrown on to the car’s bonnet before landing on the road – but the driver of the vehicle did not stop and instead drove off up the road.

Police have yet to trace the driver. Luckily, Mr Grenier suffered only a sore leg but he fears a tragedy if motorists do not cut driving speeds.

He said: “If a smaller child was hit at the height I was then they would have gone under the car.

“I have a sore leg but I was more in shock than anything else. The crossing is used every day by hundreds of kids going to the infant, junior and high school – but people drive too fast along there. They need to slow down.

“While waiting at the crossing I clocked a car coming 20 yards away, but he never stopped. After he went I began crossing and the next thing I knew I was on the bonnet of a car.

“It drove off and left me on the floor muttering expletives and everyone who saw it flabbergasted.”

On Friday, November 21, Ladies Mile Road was temporarily brought to a halt after a car smashed into a lamp post near the crossing, shortly before children left school for the day.

The driver was taken to hospital for treatment to minor injuries.

A Sussex Police spokesman said: “Police were notified that a 49-year-old Brighton man was hit by a red Fiat Punto car in Ladies Mile Road, Patcham, Brighton, on Monday at 8.55am as he crossed the road northwards.

“The car, which was travelling south, turned left and hit the pedestrian.

“The driver then drove off without stopping.”

Anyone who saw the collision or who knows who is the driver is, should call police on 101 or email collision.appeal@sussex.pnn.police.uk quoting 0240 of 24/11.