The father of a nine-year-old girl who was seriously injured when she was in collision with a guided bus has criticised the scheme.

Stephen Mitchell said he thinks the guided bus way in Manchester Road, Bradford, is dangerous.

His daughter, whom he does not want to name, was in the accident with the bus at 3.15pm on Wednesday. She was dragged about 15 feet along the enclosed lane at Manchester Road and suffered serious leg injuries.

Mr Mitchell said she is still in Bradford Royal Infirmary having had two operations and more surgery is planned. "People are being injured on that stretch of road," Mr Mitchell said. "It's just not working at all."

He queried why the subways, which used to enable pedestrians to cross the road, have been closed. "If they were there, people would have a safer route to go to," he said.

He said he is concerned about other pedestrians and the rest of his family's safety and claimed several accidents have happened on the guide way.

In March this year, a month after the £12 million system opened, a woman suffered serious head and leg injuries when she was dragged along the guided bus lane by a double-deck bus.

Following that accident, residents expressed their worries about the safety of the scheme.

Mr Mitchell said his daughter and her best friend, who witnessed the accident, insisted she used a pedestrian crossing.

But a West Yorkshire Police spokeswoman said: "Inquiries have revealed that the girl had crossed the guideway and had not used the pedestrian crossing before the collision took place."

Mr Mitchell said he will meet police to discuss the incident and is planning to speak to his solicitor.

Khadim Hussain, operations director of First which owns the bus involved, said he could not comment on whether the girl had used the crossing.

"What I would say is to urge people wherever possible to use the designated crossing points," he said. "We have got a safe system, probably much safer than the normal carriageway, and I for one have no qualms about it."