MORE people will die on the road where two people were killed in a crash if action is not taken, residents have warned.

A Yamaha motorcycle hit a Mitsubishi Pajero on London Road, at the junction with Shonks Mill Road, at 2.20pm on Sunday (August 16).

An 87-year-old woman from Loughton, who was travelling in the back seat of the Mitsubishi, and the biker, a man in his 40s believed to be from Harlow, were both declared dead at the scene.

Residents say accidents happen regularly on what is known locally as ‘the mad mile’ and have called for the council to do more to deter speeding.

London Road resident Rob Bell, 34, said: "I walk down the road there with my children and it scares the life out of me. There are literally people doing 90 mph.”

“They call it 'the mad mile', but there are a lot of young families that live in this village. We want our children to be able to cross the street safely to catch the bus.

"When I lie in bed on Sunday morning I can't open my windows, it's like the Isle of Mann TT race outside and it's constant.

“We already had to club together to buy our own 30 mph speed sign."

“We just want to keep our children safe, we've already lost one local lad and, as a father, it really worries me.”

Stephen Lawley’s son Adam, 21, died last year following a crash yards from Sunday’s accident.

The 52-year-old from Ongar said: “What a lot of local people are very concerned with is that it doesn't seem like a dangerous area when you first enter it, so people do drive down there too quickly.

“Rather than just a 30mph speed limit, I think a memorial with the names and faces of those killed would be a much better way to stop this from happening again.

"After Adam was killed, everyone we spoke to said 'this will happen again' and now it has and it's so sad."

Just last week, the Guardian ran an appeal on behalf of the ambulance service, which asked motorcyclists to take care after a weekend of crashes, including one on London Road.

In April 2009, a 76-year-old man had to be cut free from his car and airlifted to hospital after a crash on the road.

A woman, 41, and her two-year-old daughter were left in a critical condition after the Land Rover they were travelling in was involved in a head on collision with a hay lorry in January last year.