Highways chiefs are to be urged to rethink the layout of a road junction following the death of a teenage motorcyclist.

Samuel Pickard, 19, died after losing control of his 125cc machine near the junction of Long Lee Lane and Harden Road, Keighley, three months ago.

The bike, which was being ridden down Long Lee Lane towards Keighley, mounted the nearside pavement and struck a woman pedestrian before colliding with a lamp-post and a wall.

Traffic officer PC James Brooksbank told the Bradford inquest on Tuesday that he had previously asked the council to consider making changes to the junction.

"The majority of vehicles travelling up Long Lee Lane turn right into Harden Road, but the view for drivers towards Thwaites is somewhat restricted," he said.

"It is a concern I have raised with the council before. I have requested a mini-roundabout, but unfortunately accident statistics are not sufficient.

"It is a matter I shall be approaching the council about again," said PC Brooksbank.

Recording an accident verdict, coroner Roger Whittaker told the officer: "I would support your view that there should be some change.

"I am not saying that this accident would not have happened, but it is something I think should be looked at," he added.

The hearing was told how Mr Pickard had been riding motorcycles for about six months and had passed a pre-road test.

On the day he died, he was intending to turn right into the driveway of his home just beyond the junction.

But before he reached that point the bike went out of control, mounted the pavement at about 20mph and struck Clare Uschakow, who was walking her dog up the hill. She suffered a fractured knee.

Witnesses described seeing the motorcycle wobble briefly before the rider regained control.

Said the coroner: "We shall probably never know what caused the accident."

A spokesman for Bradford council's highways department said after the hearing: "We will obviously consider carefully any comments made by the coroner once we receive his full report into the accident."