A second person has expressed concerns about a Tesco Express in Sutton two months after a blind woman was almost struck by a delivery van.

Emily Brothers was allegedly seconds away from being hit by the van outside Tesco Express in Angel Hill on September 26.

Tesco apologised for the incident and told Sutton Guardian that their delivery company, PCL Transport, had launched a full investigation.

However, Ms Brothers says no action has been taken.

She said: “They tried to sweep it under the carpet. They told me they were satisfied that there would be no need to do a risk assessment.

“They need to bring smaller vehicles into that small space in the front because the lorries they are bringing are huge and take up the front of the store.

“They are swinging in dangerously and it is a problem.”

Responding to this, a PCL spokesman said: “There was no contact between the vehicle and the Ms Brothers, however we appreciate that this would have been an upsetting experience for her.

“PCL takes the safety of pedestrians very seriously and our teams have conducted a full investigation with the driver concerned. In such circumstances we always ensure that we learn everything we can and work closely with our transport teams to prevent such incidents occurring.”

Steven Norwood, a nearby Cranleigh Gardens resident, told Sutton Guardian that an accident is inevitable.

He said: “If this continues it will result in a completely preventable road traffic accident.

“Given that it is so tight to park a HGV off the road to make the deliveries we often see HGVs parked on the street. Parking the HGV on the road is illegal and highly dangerous.

"We have seen HGV's drive into the small parking area in front of the store to make a delivery, this blocks the car park and means the HGV needs to reverse out no to the main road causing traffic issues.

"We have seen HGVs reverse into the same small area out the front of the store. To do this the HGV has to swing across both carriageways blocking the road to traffic as it reverses into the car park."

He added that he has phoned Tesco a number of times about his concerns and believes all deliveries should be made in a “suitable sized van".

Regarding the continued worries of Ms Brothers, a Tesco spokesman said: “We were very sorry to hear about this incident and the distress that it caused Ms Brothers.

“We take the safety of our customers extremely seriously and have robust risk assessments in place at all of our stores to ensure that deliveries are carried out safely.

“Since this incident we have spoken to the delivery company whose driver was involved to ensure that their drivers are fully supervised when reversing in our car park.”