A woman was left battered and shaken by a hit-and-run motorist who struck her while she walked along a road.

Jane Slater, who lives on Denholme Road, in Leeming, Oxenhope, was hurled to the ground when the car's wing mirror smashed into her.

She suffered broken bones in both arms, two black eyes and a possible hairline fracture to her nose.

The accident happened along a stretch of Denholme Road where residents have long been calling for traffic calming measures.

Speaking about her experience, Mrs Slater said: "It was really sudden -- one moment I was walking along and the next moment I was lying flat on my face.

"My husband was in front and he was saying, 'that car came close', then he turned around and saw me on the ground."

She said everything happened so fast she did not get a chance to identify the make of the car or its registration number.

However, she has recovered the wing mirror which was wrenched off by the force of the impact.

She said the car which hit her was trying to pass a vehicle coming in the opposite direction.

She said problems with speeding vehicles in that part of Oxenhope were nothing new.

"It's been an issue since our kids were little," she said.

Mrs Slater said the accident had made life very awkward as she currently cannot drive and needs to use her car for work purposes.

"There's only so much I can do at home, and right now my husband has to take me everywhere," she said.

The accident happened on Wednesday, December 28.

Oxenhope parish councillor Derek Allen said Bradford Council traffic engineers were formulating a traffic calming scheme for the road but no details of the plan had been released.

He said: "Denholme Road has been the subject of a lot of controversy about speeding for years."

He said a 20mph speed limit currently only applied to the centre of Oxenhope but many villagers want it extended further along Denholme Road.