SPEED cameras must be installed on a road “to prevent a fatality”, residents have insisted after a biker was airlifted to hospital.

Emergency services shut Daws Heath Road, near to The Deanes Academy, Thundersley on Saturday afternoon after a crash between a car and a motorbike.

Worried residents who have witnessed crashes on a near weekly-basis are now urging county council bosses to put speed cameras in place to “stop a tragedy”.

There are no speed cameras on the 30mph, 2.9-mile long road, with only a series of warning lights telling drivers to slow down.

Julie Moon, who lives on the road said: “I walked in my front door and I heard the roaring and revving of a motorbike and as I shut my door I heard this massive smash.

“I thought what on earth speed was he doing. I heard the roaring of the engine so when I went out and just saw the car I couldn’t work out what had happened. But I hadn’t seen the bike under the car.

“The guy kept shouting “my arm, my arm”. He went by air ambulance they had to come through my garden.”

The biker was transported to Royal London Hospital for further care after sustaining serious leg and arm injuries.

Julie added: “I would like to see speed cameras with 30mph speed limits because that’s what it should be. It’s a residential area but no-one ever sticks to it.

“Hopefully it would stop people speeding because someone is definitely going to get killed on there.”

Adam Keppel, 32, said: “We need cameras down here. It needs to be done because we have Deanes school on the road as well.

“Last week a girl was knocked off her bike. It’s a busy road.”

Two ambulances, a rapid response car and an air ambulance attended the scene.

There is no indication speed was a factor in the crash on Saturday.

Victoria ward councillor, Colin Riley said: “People use it as a cut through and we get the occasional speeding. “We are aware of the speeding and we will continue to work to get another speeding survey set up.”

Essex Highways said four speed surveys have been carried out between October 2018 and December 2020 - none of which showed “speeding issues sufficient for traffic calming measures to be considered.”

A spokesperson said: “Speed cameras would only be installed where there is clear evidence of speeding causing significant collisions.

Essex Police confirmed that the rider of the motorbike “sustained serious arm and leg injuries” and was taken to hospital for treatment.”