Residents living in an Upper Norwood Road where it is impossible for two vehicles to pass parked cars are unlikely to have their wish for a one-way system granted.

Earlier this month the Croydon Guardian reported how a Mexican stand-off' occurred every time vehicles tried to negotiate parked cars in Queen Mary Road.

Cars often have to reverse, sometimes for long stretches, as they did not have room to manoeuvre.

Residents said the problem was causing road rage incidents and damage to their cars and called for the council to make the street one-way.

But at a Croydon Council traffic management committee meeting last Wednesday, council officers said it was "most unlikely" Transport for London (TfL) would pay for the work.

Queen Mary Road is ranked 110 on the council's road assessment list which prioritises requests for traffic measures.

Upper Norwood councillor George Filbey said: "People come with guns drawn and there are fights in the street. The best solution is to do something about it.

"Sooner or later someone is going to be maimed or killed."

Councillor Phil Thomas, who chaired the meeting, said: "We have to make a bid and that's something our officers have looked at and found there's very little chance of it happening."

The council said making the road a one-way street would cost in the region of £6,000 money it claimed it "simply does not have".