A “DANGEROUS” roundabout is putting lives in Laindon at risk, residents have claimed.

The roundabout on Hatterill, which is on the approach to Laindon Station, intersects with Gower Chase, and residents have complained that a blind corner on the road has led to them fearing for their safety.

Carol Wood, 47, lives on the corner of the road facing the roundabout, and has only just been allowed to return to her home after a car crashed into her living room in February, causing significant structural damage.

They were forced to move into a hotel and temporary accommodation while vital repairs to their home were made to make it habitable.

She witnessed the aftermath of a serious car crash on the roundabout on Sunday, which she says has had a significant impact on her family coming after the upheaval of the incident in February.

She said: “There are crashes and incidents here all the time, with police arriving on what feels like a weekly basis.

“After what happened to us in February we are all on edge all of the time, it is horrible to think that something could happen anytime and it feels like we are just waiting to hear another car come crashing into the side of the house.

“It has got to the point it doesn’t feel safe to step outside the front door. It seems like only a matter of time before something worse happens, especially as kids walk past.”

In 2006 the area was the scene of a tragic fatal road crash, in which a 19-year-old was killed after his car overturned.

Ms Wood said: “I have lived here for fourteen years and it’s clear something urgently needs to be done to put a stop to this problem.

“I have a young daughter - I don’t want to have to fear for her safety as we sit in our living room.

“A barrier would help, but there needs to be a long term solution.”

A spokesman from Essex Highways said: “We have every sympathy for the resident whose house was damaged and understand both the distress and inconvenience this has caused.

“The roundabout at the junction of Hatterill with Gower Chase had a handful of mostly slight injury accidents from 2015 until Highways installed yellow-backed mini-roundabout signs and created a dome on the roundabout.

“This enables drivers to see the roundabout better and force them to go fully round rather than across it.

“Since that work in March 2017 there haven’t been any recorded injury collisions until very recently.

“However, if residents are still concerned about safety on these roads, they should contact their local Essex County councillor to bring the matter to the Basildon local highway panel, who can consider any safety improvement action.”