Two people have been injured in crashes on the approach to temporary traffic lights on the Old Thanet Way.

Emergency crews were called following the accident on the 60mph stretch between Herne Bay and Whitstable.

Both crashes happened as the vehicles travelled towards Chestfield on the approach to the traffic lights near Johnson’s Nursery.

The first was shortly after 2pm yesterday when a black Honda motorbike collided with a white Vauxhall Astra Club van.

The biker was taken to hospital with a leg injury.

The second, at about 11.40am today, involved a white Toyota Yaris and a black Jaguar.

A woman driving the Yaris was seriously injured and taken to Ashford’s William Harvey Hospital.

Another motorist, who witnessed the aftermath of the second crash, said: “I'm not sure if the lights had anything to do with it but they’re so dangerous.

“I almost went into the back of a car myself.

“You come over the brow of the hill and are suddenly hit with this row of traffic backed up.

“I’m not surprised there have been accidents there."