A MOTHER is still calling for action to ensure the safety of young bikers a year after her son was killed in a quad bike accident.

Danny Skone died on February 9 last year eight days after falling off a quad bike in Swanscombe Woods, Watling Street, Bean.

It was also six days after he turned 18 on a life-support machine.

As his family in Trebble Road, Swanscombe, face the first anniversary of his death, mum Lisa Skone, 35, says it "still hasn't sunk in".

"It's like it's happened to someone else and I'm looking into someone else's life," she said.

Miss Skone says the woods regularly used by quad bikers were fenced off by Dartford Council immediately after the accident and there seemed to be a genuine desire to make off-road motorbikes and quad bikes safer.

She says she has spoken with Dartford Council and Swanscombe and Greenhithe mayor Councillor Brian Fitzpatrick, but the will to provide a workshop similar to the one Danny attended in Abbey Wood to learn about riding bikes safely appears to have faded.

She said: "There are so many kids around here with bikes and they should have something here so they can ride them safely.

"It will also keep them off the streets and it will give them something to do."

Miss Skone organised a petition to keep the bike track in Joyce Green open and Dartford Council agreed to keep it operational for another three years last May.

Cllr Fitzpatrick says the will to introduce a programme for motorbike safety still remains.

"We're determined to make what happened to Danny stand for something," he added.

A Dartford Council spokesman said: "Lisa Skone has been in touch with us about land for off-road biking. We would certainly welcome a professional approach of this kind subject to planning rules."

Miss Skone, her daughter Lianne, 17, and son Nicky, 13, will be holding a memorial service at Crayford Christian Fellowship, Maxim Road, on February 5, in celebration of Danny's life. The service will begin at 5pm.