Eleanor King, 85, remains in Waikato Hospital after she was struck by a car on Pembroke Street on Sunday.

An elderly Hamilton woman remains seriously injured in Waikato Hospital after she was hit by a car at the exact spot where she has campaigned to have a pedestrian crossing put in.

Eleanor King, 85, is partially blind and walks with a white cane which she waved as she crossed Pembroke St just after 5pm on Sunday.

King said she had looked for vehicles before crossing the road, in the fading light, to wait for her friend who was picking her up on the other side.

Her grandaughter, Tara Tissink, 28, said her grandmother was struck by the car soon after leaving the footpath.

''The next thing she remembers was having ambulance staff looking over her,'' Tissink said.

Witnesses said King went over the bonnet of the vehicle. She suffered a broken knee, injured shoulder, grazed arms and face, and has a gash above her eye.

Speaking from her hospital bed today, King, who has lived on Pembroke St for more than 15 years, said that she had previously been to Hamilton City Council to discuss the pedestrian crossing.

''I got a letter back saying it would be upgraded by the end of April,'' she said.

''Even if it had white lines it would draw people's attention and they would be more careful.''

Tissink said there was an island in the middle of the road where her grandmother crossed and that schools also used the area as a crossing.

Residents from nearby Cascades retirement home used the crossing to get to Hamilton Lake.

''It's a really busy road and very dangerous, especially for children and older people wanting to get across,'' she said.

Tissink was told the driver who struck her grandmother went straight to the police station to make a statement as no police staff had arrived at the scene by the time paramedics had taken her to hospital.

City transportation safety engineer Simon Crowther said work to install a signalised pedestrian crossing on Pembroke St near the rose garden was due to start in the next few weeks and had been delayed by wet weather.

He said recent rains had delayed finishes on other road safety improvement projects around the city and had stalled a start on replacing the current pedestrian refuge.

Tissink was told that the driver who struck her grandmother went straight to the police station to make a statement as no police staff had arrived at the scene by the time paramedics had taken her to hospital.

King said the worst part about being injured was her loss of independence.

''I walk at least two or three times a day and now I'm not allowed to walk for at least six weeks,'' she said.