THESE are the injuries suffered by a 74-year-old woman who fell on Grimsby town centre's new block paving.
The council is now facing fresh calls to review its flagship town centre revamp amid concerns over safety.
Anne Heenan, of Westfield Road, Waltham, was walking to the bus stop when she lost her footing and slipped on the kerb, which she says she failed to spot because of the new colour scheme.
She suffered a broken nose and severely bruised face in the incident in New Street, which she says has left her wary of going into town.
The street has recently re-opened as a shared space, where the pavement and the road both have the same block-paved surface.
And Mrs Heenan, whose face is still badly bruised three weeks after the incident, believes the lack of visual distinction between the two is a hazard which needs to be addressed.
She said: "I think it's terrible, I really do. It is dangerous because you can't differentiate between the road and the pavement. I think they should do something, paint a white line, anything."
Meanwhile more than 50 people have signed an online petition, set up by a Grimsby man who fell on a similar kerb on nearby George Street last month, urging the council to make the drop from the pavement to the road more visible.
But the council says that although some pedestrians are having difficulty identifying the kerb, the new arrangement is proving satisfactory overall.
And East Midlands Ambulance Service said that there had been no significant increase in call-outs to injuries caused by falls in the town centre since the new paving had been installed.
Mrs Heenan has sent a letter of complaint to North East Lincolnshire Council about the incident, but says she has yet to receive a reply.
She told us how she was walking with her daughter and her partner, who had travelled over from America, when she suffered the fall.
It was the second time she has walked in the area since the shared space was unveiled – having previously been down it with a friend – but crucially this time she was on the outside of the pavement.
"My foot went down the side, I banged my head and broke my nose. My daughter and her partner picked me up and a gentleman from the solicitors nearby took me into his office and sat me down."
An ambulance was called and Mrs Heenan was checked over by paramedics, and went to accident and emergency at Grimsby's Diana, Princess Of Wales Hospital the next day.
"The doctor said I had broken my nose and that I was lucky because it was straight and it wouldn't need surgery. I had twisted my right foot and pulled a ligament. It's not too bad now but it was very, very painful."
Since the fall, Mrs Heenan has avoided walking in the town centre on her own.
"I'm all right now, but I'm still very nervous about walking on the pavements in the town centre. If I go with my friend I'm all right but I have not been up on my own since. I really don't like going into town."
A spokesman for North East Lincolnshire Council said: "We can confirm we have received Mrs Heenan's complaint. It will be addressed through the usual channels and she will be informed of the outcome."
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