A weekend accident that injured a 10-year-old Bellevue girl has her neighbors wondering what can be done to slow drivers down.

Kelli Ashcraft was struck by a car at Prairie Avenue and Camp Brewster Saturday evening. The 18-year-old driver was ticketed for driving 40 mph in a 25 mph zone and for driving on a suspended license.

Kelli's father contacted Channel 6 News saying his daughter should be fine.

"You never want to see someone get hurt like that." Dan McClure saw Kelli get hit. Ironically, he was in the process of fencing in his back yard to keep his daughter safe.

Although his street is only about a block-and-a-half long, he says drivers make the area a danger zone. "Coming off the boulevard it's a pretty steep hill and people come flying through here all the time."

McClure says a lot of that traffic comes from people using his street as a short cut. He and other neighbors want the city to consider putting in speed bumps. "If we could get one between here and maybe down there it would slow people down."

Unfortunately, it’s not a simple process. "We don't know if we need a petition and get all the neighbors to sign it.” The city of Bellevue doesn't have a policy outlining criteria for installing speed bumps or other traffic calming devices. A study is in progress and the city is looking at policies in other communities.

"I know it's worked here and they had a major problem here," says Cheri Hale. A stretch of 43rd Street just north of Gross High School has four speed bumps. Hale has one in front of her house.

"Yes, they're very effective. Nobody can go very fast. You don't like it if you do go fast."

Residents here petitioned the Bellevue City Council some years ago for the speed bumps along the long, hilly and narrow stretch of road. McClure says something needs to be done on his street to make drivers obey the 25 mph speed limit.

Until then, the solution lies with those behind the wheel. "If that guy would not been going that fast she would still be out here playing."