A shopkeeper has received minor injuries after tripping over a broken bollard on Stonecot Hill this morning.

Steve Brown from double glazing firm GSA Plastics was unloading a delivery lorry outside his shop when he fell over the bollard. He suffered minor cuts and bruising.

Mr Brown said, “I’m not happy about this but in some ways it was a lucky escape. Normally I’d be carrying glass and I could have cut my head off. What we need here is a loading bay so we can unload right outside our shop rather than having to carry glass across two pavements.”

The broken bollard was first reported on 28 September to Transport for London, who manage Stonecot Hill’s streets and pavements. A TfL manager is investigating the incident.

Have you seen any broken bollards, dangerous pavements, flytipping or graffiti on Stonecot Hill? Report it at the Fix My Street website or straight from the street with the Fix My Street iPhone app.