The calls follow an incident that saw a 23-year-old man taken to Wagga Base Hospital after he was hit by a car on Bourke Street, Tolland on Friday night.

Following the event, residents have come forward detailing their own near misses.

Sampath Hathurusinghe used to work at the shopping centre on Bourke Street and said he has witnessed accidents and terrifying close calls at the crossing.

"A regular customer, a lady who lives around the corner, was crossing the road in front of the Tolland shopping centre and was hit," he said.

"She was lucky to be alive. I had a chat with her literally two minutes beforehand."

Mr Hathurusinghe said there is a lot going on along Bourke Street, including digital signage for the businesses and changes in speed limits during school hours.

He wants to see more street lights and potentially even traffic lights, with a pedestrian crossing system installed.

Mr Hathurusinghe also wants council to consider reducing the speed from 60 to 50 km/h.

"We should also look at moving the signage away from the crossings to make it safer," he said.

Wagga councillor Dan Hayes, who also forms part of the traffic committee, said he had not been informed personally of any issues in regards to Bourke Street but would be taking a look into it.

"I would encourage people to feel confident in requesting council directly to look at issues," he said.

"We don't have eyes on everything, but the community does."

Paul Dawson, the owner of Roadcraft Driving School, said the Bourke Street pedestrian crossings were too dark.

"We need to get more peripheral lighting to the sides and better lighting over the crossing," he said.

"I know they have got those fog lights but you need it more illuminated."

Mr Dawson always makes a point of taking his students along the road during nighttime lessons and pointing out the need to drive a bit slower and keep an eye out.

"When it's dark we tend to get tunnel vision and the lights don't spread out enough sideways," he said.

"Drivers should always make sure they are driving to the conditions."

Wagga resident Clancey Smith said something needs to be done before any more accidents happen.

"There needs to be more lighting there or a set of traffic lights because it's really hard to see people especially when they wear black," he said.

Another local, Cobe Zhou, echoed the sentiments and said it is too dim "especially when it is raining" and more lighting will ensure better visibility.

"People standing on the safe island or sides of the road are not easy to see until [you're] within 10 metres, which at 60 km/h is bit difficult," he said.

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