A DISGRUNTLED resident says enough is enough after the latest driver crashed into his front garden.

George Reeves was woken up by an almighty bang after the latest incident.

He went outside to find two men and a car which had smashed into his garden wall and dented his double-glazed front door.

Mr Reeves said as the driver sped towards the 20mph road from the Broadway in Jaywick, he lost control at the bend, narrowly missing a wall at the opposite side of the road before “careering” into Mr Reeves’s property.

The impact was so great, it sliced part of a tree stump and lifted the pavement around it.

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Mr Reeves said it was about the 24th time the tree has been damaged in 27 years, which Mr Reeves, 60, cut to a stump because of the crashes.

It is also the fourth time he has been forced to rebuild his wall.

A spokesman for Essex Police said a 28-year-old man, from Jaywick, was arrested on suspicion of drink driving.

He has since been released on bail until February 4.

Mr Reeves, of Golf Green Road, in Jaywick, said: “Within a month of moving here, a car came speeding around the corner and the fire brigade had to cut him out.

“Since then people have regularly come round and hit the tree or demolished the wall.”

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The latest incident, which could cost him £2,500, was at 12.20am on Sunday.

Mr Reeves said: “I was in bed when I heard this loud bang like a bomb had gone off and the skid marks are still in the road.

“Fortunately, until now it hasn’t cost me anything because the drivers were insured but I doubt this one was.”

Mr Reeves is calling for traffic calming measures to “take priority” on the bend to slow drivers down.

He added: “A non-slip surface is a must before there’s a fatality.

“There has been near misses before and people have been very lucky, but the Highways department can’t keep ignoring it and hoping it will go away.”

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Pier ward councillor Paul Honeywood (Con), who has already began building a case for the Local Highways Panel, said residents’ concerns have increased in the past six weeks.

He is keen for a possible speed survey to be carried out which would highlight the extent of the problem.

He said: “The higher over the limit motorists are going gives more scope for action to be taken.

“If a pedestrian was walking here at that time, they would’ve been killed, there’s no doubt about it so we need to get this before the Local Highways Panel and provide evidence this isn’t a one-off issue.”

A spokesperson for Essex Highways said: “We would always encourage residents with safety concerns to contact their councillor, who can then raise them with their Local Highways Panel.”