mums have been attacked while pushing their children in a pram - in a shocking new crime known as "buggy rage".

OVER 40 per cent of mums have been attacked while pushing their children in a pram - in a shocking new crime known as "buggy rage".
While 42 per cent of those attacked suffered verbal abuse, over a third have had prams deliberately blocked and one in five have been physically attacked.

One in 100 suffered a serious assault - but only 1.2 per cent reported the attack to the police.

Unlike most crimes, attacks on tots in prams are mostly to be carried out by OAPs and women.

Almost two thirds of mothers quizzed in a study by parenting site Netmums said they were attacked by an elderly person, and 17 per cent suffered at the hands of another mum.

Under a quarter of abuse came from teens and just 15 per cent from groups of people.

Incidents were most common in shops, followed by the pavement, buses, restaurants and trains.