A 14-year-old girl has been rushed to hospital after being hit by a car in Surbiton, just half a mile from where another teen was hit last week.

The Tolworth Girls’ School pupil is thought to have broken her arm and leg after being struck by the car in Thornhill Road at about 6pm last night.

The road was closed for about an hour and the K1 bus, which runs down the road, suffered severe delays.

Thornhill Road residents had complained to Kingston Council the 20mph speed limit was being ignored and are now planning to start a petition to increase road safety.

Deb Clark, 41, said: “I’ve been living here for five months and this is the third incident I’ve seen. The speed bumps don’t make drivers slow down and there aren’t any signs to say slow down.

“Before long, someone will have a really serious accident along here. We need warning signs or cameras and zebra crossings for the kids.”

Neighbours believe she was part of a large group of teens who had been hanging around the junction of Agar Close before the accident happened.

One resident, who heard a scream and saw the injured girl wrapped in a blanket in the road, said: “All the kids are lovely round here. I nearly broke down in tears when I saw her.”

The girl is now recovering at Kingston Hospital.

Last Wednesday, Southborough sixth form pupil Sung Yleung Lee was flung six metres in the air after being hit by an ambulance outside his school in Hook Road.