Almond had emergency surgery and was treated in intensive care

"We would like to thank all Marc's friends and fans for all the cards, flowers and messages of love and support," they said.

In a message on the Soft Cell singer's website, his family requested that donations go to the Air Ambulance Fund.

Almond was injured while he was riding pillion on a motorbike that collided with a car in central London on Sunday.

Both he and the rider were taken to hospital. Almond had emergency surgery and was treated in intensive care.

Fans have inundated his website with messages and sent flowers, cards and gifts to the hospital.

Soft Cell were one of the biggest pop acts of the early 1980s

A message to fans on the site earlier this week said Almond's fan club had received "literally thousands" of messages, which had been printed out and passed on to his family.

Almond was described as "stable" on Wednesday by the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, following the crash near St Paul's Cathedral.

But there has been no update on his condition since then.

Almond's band Soft Cell, which he co-founded with musician David Ball, was one of the biggest-selling acts of the early 1980s.

Their cover of the northern soul song Tainted Love became the biggest-selling UK single of 1981 and the 10th biggest-seller ever in the US at the time.

The band's other hits included Torch, Bedsitter and Say Hello, Wave Goodbye.

After the split, Almond went on to have chart success with a cover of the Days of Pearly Spencer and a duet with Gene Pitney, of Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart.