Supermarket giant Tesco has agreed to make changes to the signposts outside the entrance to their supermarket after a nine-year-old had his skull fractured after a car crashed into his bike.

Drivers say the recently-installed mini-roundabout at the junction of Hurst Road and the entrance to the new Tesco store is too small and badly signposted.

Last Thursday, a nine-year-old boy was hit by a grey Smart car while riding his bike. The accident is now the subject of a police investigation.

The child, who suffered a fractured skull, was taken to Kingston Hospital before being transferred to Kings College Hospital. His injuries are no longer being treated as life-threatening.

Gill Payn, from Molesey, said: "Since the opening of the new Tesco on the Hurst Road there have been various accidents and near misses. It's all too close together. It all seems to be bad planning. The traffic lights are dangerously close to the mini-roundabout.

"Even if you slow down you find yourself immediately right on top of the pedestrian lights, without time to register they are red."

Earlier this month, Irene Hamilton, a former borough councillor and Labour candidate for Molesey West in the last county council elections, was hospitalised following another accident at the mini-roundabout.

A spokeswoman for Surrey County Council's Highways Department said officers from the council had recently gone to inspect the site and had made a "number of recommendations" for how to improve safety in the area.

A Tesco spokeswoman said: "We have been working with the council to develop a suitable resolution to improve the road signage outside Tesco in Hurst Road. We have agreed some immediate actions.

"The council will be replacing one roundabout sign, we will replace two other roundabout signs and we will alter some white lines.We apologise in advance if our work next week causes any delays."

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