The accident on Mornington Rd last week has led to a renewed push for safety measures by her parents and the principal of the local school.
Paige Kuriger was blinded by sunstrike and could not see a car driving on the opposite side of the road.
"For a second when I got hit, I was in the air — and then the next second on the ground bleeding with scrapes."
She came away from the incident on Wednesday morning last week with a scraped face, hands, elbows, knees and thighs.
Paige’s mum, Jo Kuriger, said the family were very lucky the person in the car was not going the full 50kmh, or the outcome could have been much worse.
"I was very aware that night when I tucked her into bed that it was a privilege to even be able to say good night to her," Mrs Kuriger said.
The point where Paige was struck was near the intersection of Mornington Rd and Netherby St, a popular route for pupils of Balaclava School to walk and a popular street for parents to make the morning drop-off.
School principal Gary Marsh said he and the rest of the school had been campaigning for years to make the area safer for pupils and their parents.
"What happened to Paige could happen to any student — we want them and their parents to feel safe when getting to school."
Pupils had ideas such as slowing traffic around the school, pedestrian crossings, and speed bumps.
Mrs Kuriger said a pedestrian crossing in the area would be beneficial, considering how many children crossed the busy road.
"There is a lot of little people crossing the road out here — other kids have had near misses.
"A crossing would be good for the area and I think there would be a lot of people who would see value in it."
Mrs Kuriger said she and neighbours had asked the council to install a crossing on the road.
A Dunedin City Council spokesman acknowledged it had received requests for a pedestrian crossing around this location in the past.
"Prior monitoring showed low numbers of pedestrians crossing in the area which means it has not been identified as a priority," the spokesman said.
The road was also not covered under council school safety improvement plans, and was also not under the recently proposed Speed Management Plan.
"People can send their feedback on the proposals to reduce speed limits to safer speeds in other parts of the city," the spokesman said.
