With the A14 roadworks seeming never-ending, many people turn to shortcuts through villages to avoid the worst of the major carriageway.

But with that comes increased traffic, and residents in Horningsea have become so sick of crashes happening in their village, which they blame on people speeding, that they have begun to document them.

Earlier this week (June 11) a car crashed into the house of Graham Haynes, 43, leaving a sizeable hole in his back wall.

Graham, who has lived in the village for 15 years, said: "My son was in the house and 10 minutes before [the crash] he had been walking exactly where that happened, putting his push bike away."

A police spokesperson said: "We were called at about 4.30pm yesterday (11 June) to reports of a black Vauxhall Astra crashing into a house in High Street, Horningsea.

"No injuries were reported and the vehicle was recovered at 5.50pm."

There is nothing to indicate this latest crash was caused by speeding.

This is not the first incident of this kind to happen in the village, with another crash in which a car came off the road and crashed into three vehicles happening less than six months ago in December 2018.

The damage to Graham's home after the crash on June 11

According to Graham: "The volume of traffic coming through Horningsea is getting ridiculous, traffic calming measures clearly aren't working."

He went on to say that with "all these things happening in Horningsea, it's only a matter of time before someone dies."

Horningsea Parish Council has been looking into adding traffic calming measures in the village in a quest to kill drivers' speed.

Graham added: "The speed at which people are going through our village is getting ridiculous."

The Parish Council has looked into a range of possible measures, from a reduced speed limit, to road narrowing measures and even getting their own speed camera.

Unfortunately, the Parish Council are unable to fork out the thousands of pounds it would cost to install a speed camera in the village.

They have been able to add flashing 30mph signs at each end of the village, and are in the process of applying for a buffer zone at either end, reducing speed from 50mph to 40mph before reaching the 30mph limit.

Graham Haynes, 43, has lived in Horningsea for 15 years

Speaking about the safety of children in the village, using footpaths on their way to and from school, Graham said: "If it's not one of my kids, it's going to be someone else's kid who will be hurt."

A report prepared on traffic and speeding measures in Horningsea for the annual parish meeting in April says: "Worryingly we have also seen numerous accidents recently in which miraculously only property has been seriously damaged and not people - yet."

Graham seconds this sentiment, saying: "It's a pretty unprecedented amount of damage in one village. It's a huge amount of traffic and it's only a matter of time before someone dies."

He went on to explain how his concerns were echoed throughout the village, saying "we just don't want something to happen".

Graham also added: "I'm just concerned in the village that someone is going to die."

Damage to Graham's home in Horningsea

Horningsea Parish Council is currently looking into additional measures to help reduce the speed of those passing through their village and the number of accidents.

The report prepared for the annual parish meeting ended by saying: "Unfortunately speeding is a challenge for nearly every village like ours but hopefully these measures will start to make a difference."