MOTORISTS are being urged to be careful on a busy road following five deaths in just six months.

The latest tragic incident on the A120 saw a 50-year-old motorcyclist from Dovercourt die following a crash involving two HGVs and two cars between Ramsey and Parkeston on May 6.

The Safer Essex Roads Partnership, which involves Essex County Council, Essex Police, Essex Fire Service, Essex and Herts Air Ambulance and Highways England, has now called on motorists to be careful.

A spokesman said: “The partnership is working together with all its partners, including National Highways, to improve safety and reduce risk for all road users.

“We have launched Vision Zero, our ambitious aspiration that no one will die or be seriously injured on Essex roads by 2040, but we cannot do this alone.

"We rely on our partners, businesses and communities, as well as individual road users to consider their road use, manage their speed and comply with traffic laws.

"No one deserves to die on the road.”

Healthcare worker Nicola Frost, 40, died following a collision involving her Suzuki Ignis and a van on the A120 at Ramsey on December 11.

Antiquarian bookseller David Edmunds, 82, of Wrabness, also died after his Volvo V40 collided with a van at the road’s junction with Primrose Lane on February 14.

Dad-of-one Marley Kline, 18, died after his quad bike was involved in the collision on the road at Great Bromley on March 27.

Passenger Sadie Sims, 84, then died on the A120 at Wix following a collision involving a silver Daihatsu and two other vehicles on March 30.

Harwich's mayor Ivan Henderson has called for improved safety measures on the "dangerous" road - and raised the issue at an Essex Council Council meeting last week.

County Hall leader Kevin Bentley said he will be raising the matter with National Highways, which last week said it was committed to reviewing safety on the A120 – and recognised the concern that people have expressed.

The Safer Essex Roads Partnership is also urging motorists to see how they can contribute to its Vision Zero plans by visiting saferessexroads.org.