Two teenagers have been badly injured in yet another horrific accident on the Kingsway in Hove.

The girl has severe leg and ankle injuries while the boy is being treated in a specialist London hospital for serious head injuries.

It is too early to say exactly what caused this accident which happened at the western end of the seafront road.

But it is the latest in a long series of crashes in which many people have been killed or seriously injured.

The problem is Kingsway is a fairly straight six-lane dual carriageway and even careful motorists can find themselves doing 40mph.

Yet the speed limit, rightly, is 30mph because the road is residential along almost its entire length and at this time of year, people want to cross it to reach the sea.

Close to where this accident occurred, a new pelican crossing has just been installed because it was the most dangerous crossing point in Brighton or Hove.

Warning signs have been put on lamp posts urging drivers to take care and travel slowly, yet still this accident has occurred.

Kingsway is a main artery carrying up to 30,000 vehicles a day. It is almost impossible to reduce traffic on it without diverting it into other roads with the same problem.

But this accident is a tragic reminder of the fact that still more measures need to be introduced there so that people can cross this busy highway safely.