TWO passengers were injured in a crash during the school rush in Beaconsfield - prompting worried parents to step up a campaign for a 20 mph speed limit.

A Mercedes and a Renault Clio crashed on Wattleton Road at about 9am on Friday and two people were taken to hospital with minor injuries, police said.

There is no suggestion that speed was a factor in this case and police said they are not taking action against either driver.

Worried parents said this is just the latest in a string of accidents and “near misses” on the road, which has three schools on it.

Clint Finn, 38, was first on the scene of the crash after walking his children to Butlers Court School and said: “I heard a really loud smash behind me and the cars were badly mangled.

“I walk that road every day with my children and it really worries me.”

Mr Finn, who lives on Wattleton Road, called the emergency services and is campaigning for the road's speed limit to be reduced from 30 mph to 20 mph during rush hour.

Last week Beaconsfield's Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG) discussed concerns over the speed of coaches going to Beaconsfield High School and The Beaconsfield School, both on Wattleton Road.

There is currently a 20 mph limit in place “very close” to the schools but NAG members want it to be extended.

Buckinghamshire County Council, responsible for transport, said it is waiting for guidance from the Government on its Road Safety Plan, due out this year.

Caroline Smith, another Wattleton Road resident whose children go to Butlers Court, said it's time something was done.

She said: “People use the road as a race track and we are all frightened there will be the death of a child before something is done.

“It's meant to be a quiet road but I've seen cars doing 50 and 60 mph down there.”

Town councillor Deborah Sanders also backed the campaigners.

Alan Baverstock, the speed limit review officer at Buckinghamshire County Council, said “only 18 children were killed or seriously injured in Buckinghamshire last year”, adding it is “extremely rare” for a child road user in Buckinghamshire to be injured at or near a school.

He said the Government's 'A Safer Way' plan could make 20 mph zones easier to install and BCC would consider changes depending on the budget available and “other priorities for reducing casualties”.