An injured motorcyclist was made to wait in the middle of a busy road for more than an hour before being taken to hospital after a crash in Malden Rushett.

Paramedics were called to the A243 Leatherhead Road at the junction with Fairoak Lane at about 5pm on Halloween – Friday, October 31.

But witnesses said paramedics did not arrive for up to an hour as the man lay in the middle of the road with a shoulder injury.

Witness Gerald Harvard said: “I was on the 465 bus travelling towards Kingston, which was trapped for over two hours; unlike the cars in front, which could turn round when told to by the police, the bus couldn't, so we ended up right at the crash scene.

“None of us on the bus could figure out why it took so long for the motorcyclist to receive medical help.

"While the police turned up fairly quickly, paramedics did not arrive for about 45 mins to an hour, and it was a further 30 minutes or so before an actual ambulance arrived.”

A spokesman from London Ambulance said: “From the information provided by the caller, the patient was conscious and breathing, and not in a life-threatening condition.

“A responder by car arrived at 5.56pm and an ambulance crew at 6.32 pm and the patient was taken to Epsom hospital with a shoulder injury.”

He apologised for the delay and added the patient experience team was available on 020 3069 0240.