There is a very real need for a zebra crossing outside West Coventry Academy's side entrance on Tile Hill Lane. Local students who either walk or ride a bike to school are crossing an extremely busy road between 8.00am and 8.45am and after 3.00pm when the Academy closes. There are also two buses that arrive from the City Centre that park opposite the entrance to West Coventry Academy every morning. Students leave the bus and walk around the back into the path of oncoming traffic that are unable to see them until the last minute. This has caused near misses and concerned phone calls to the Academy detailing the real dangers these students are facing. Student Leaders raised this subject in 2016 in a presentation to the Lord Mayor and Police Commissioner, both of whom said they would look into the issues raised and feed back to the students.
The local community, parents, teachers as well as drivers who use Tile Hill Lane wish to see the installation of a zebra crossing outside West Coventry Academy before a child is seriously injured or killed.