A cat lover is terrified one of her beloved pets or even a child will be killed unless speed restrictions are introduced in her quiet cul-de-sac.

Leanne Franks, of Bluett Street, Maidstone fears it is only a matter of time before the unthinkable happens as she says parents on the school run and delivery drivers speed down the dead-end street.

The 34-year-old said: “I fear for the safety of our children and pets.

“It’s the speed of the cars when they come down here. They are going to end up killing my cats or my friend’s cats or a child.”

Leanne, who has one cat, is demanding the council do something to slow down the drivers such as introducing speed bumps or erecting speed cameras.

She is terrified there is going to be a tragic accident soon.

“There is nothing there to control the speed except for me shouting out the windows telling drivers to slow down”, she said.

“Sooner or later somebody’s child is going to be killed and someone is going to end up devastated.

She said she has seen near misses as cars hurtle down the street, which is off Wheeler Street.

“One car was just centimetres from my friend’s cat recently,” she said.

She says she always manoeuvres carefully as children as young as five like to ride their bikes in circles on the road.

But she fears they could be seriously injured because of the speed in which cars drive.

She is also worried for her neighbour, who has seven cats, two of which are elderly and like to sit in the middle of the road.

“He has to chase them out of the road before they get hit,” she said. “But while he’s trying to chase one out of the road the other one could be killed.

“He would be absolutely devastated if something happened to one of them. He loves his cats.”

A Kent County Council (KCC) spokesperson said: “The safety of everyone who uses our roads is a top priority for KCC.

“We take a data-led approach when deciding where to install traffic calming and other road safety measures, which includes looking at the number of collisions resulting in serious or fatal injury. We also welcome suggestions and encourage residents to make their thoughts known to us.

“Details on how to raise a concern about a particular road are available on our website.”