A mother wants police to prosecute pavement cyclists after one knocked her over, breaking her wrist, then fled the scene.

The cyclist turned round in the saddle after dropping her personal stereo and knocked down Teri Shipley, who was outside the One2One mobile phone shop near Churchill Square, Brighton.

As a crowd gathered, the cyclist got off her bike and picked up the stereo before cycling off.

Ms Shipley, 36, of Grove Hill, Brighton, was concerned about her legs, which are held together with plates and pins following a serious accident 16 years ago, in which a car mounted the pavement and hit her and her family.

She spent more than six months in hospital, having both legs rebuilt and a plate put into one hip. One leg was broken in 26 places and the other in 14 places.

Her four-week-old son received a nose injury and her 20-month-old son sustained a broken arm and had his teeth knocked out during the accident in 1985.

Ms Shipley said: "I was frightened about my legs because of what happened before.

"I thought perhaps they had been smashed again and the screws had come through the skin.

"There was a woman there with a mobile phone and she called for an ambulance.

"I was shouting at the cyclist and I admit I was swearing but she just picked up her stereo and bike and rode off.

"People were telling her she should stay and shouldn't have been on the pavement."

Paramedics took Ms Shipley to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, where she spent the next seven hours having X-rays taken of her legs and her arm.

Doctors said her legs were severely bruised and her wrist was broken. Her arm was plastered and she was also given crutches to help her walk.

Ms Shipley said: "These people shouldn't be on the pavement. If it had been a pregnant woman or an elderly person, it could have been a lot worse."

Ms Shipley said she went to Brighton police station to report the accident the next day and to demand action was taken against pavement riders.

She said: "The next day I saw another cyclist on the pavement and I told him not to be there and he told me to mind my own business.

"These people should have insurance and be registered like cars.

"There is no way of tracing them. They are always on the pavement and at crossings where they don't stop when cars do stop to let people across.

"The police should do something."

A police spokesman said: "It is illegal to cycle on the pavement although we do use our discretion, particularly where children are concerned.

"But people who are caught could be issued with a fixed penalty ticket and a £30 fine."