City bosses are bring urged to find a solution to the roads “chaos” outside a Southampton school “before a child is hurt”.

Parents whose children attend Tanners Brook Primary School in Millbrook say they have had enough of people parking on the pavements in the nearby Elmes Drive, Munro Crescent and Stanton Road.

They say children’s lives are at risk every time they walk to and from the school as parked cars reduce visibility.

They are now asking civic chiefs to step in and are calling for more bollards to be installed on the pavements.

Fiona Youren, 42, a beauty therapist, lives only few metres away from the school.

She said she did not let her two daughters walk to school because it was too dangerous.

She added: “Something has to be done as soon as possible. Are they waiting for somebody to get injured before taking any action?

“It will be too late then. It feels like people just dump their cars as close to the school as they can and don’t care about anything else.”

Fiona said bollards were put in place last year but they were not enough.

She also said that it was impossible for people in wheelchairs or mums with pushchairs to walk on the pavements.

Resident and former councillor Steven Galton said: “It is time the council took more steps to stop the dangerous and inconsiderate parking that is taking place every day the school is open.

“Residents have resorted to placing blocks of concrete or large stones on verges to try to protect them.

“The roads aren’t safe for adult cyclists, never mind primary-aged children due to the congestion and bad parking.”

But civic chiefs hit back, saying they are committed to improving road safety around the school.

A spokesperson for Southampton City Council said: “We have taken measures to deter illegal parking, working with schools and the police.

“This includes the introduction of our highly visible camera car last year which we use to issue fixed-penalty notices, in support of our traffic wardens who are regularly on patrol.

“We’ve issued 285 penalty charge notices via the camera car in this school year so far since September. We also encourage active travel wherever we can via our My Journey campaigns and work with schools on educating parents about the importance of responsible parking.

“This is about stopping dangerous parking, not about collecting fines so our message is clear – park legally and responsibly and you won’t face a fixed-penalty notice.”