BLAGDON, Belle Parade and Jockey Hill residents are calling for further safety improvements following another road traffic accident at the Jockey Hill roundabout in Crediton.

In the latest incident, a car travelling up Blagdon Road in Crediton collided with the pavement and a property wall before continuing across the roundabout and hitting another wall head-on at the junction at the bottom of Jockey Hill.

The single-vehicle incident occurred just before 10pm on Thursday, April 20.

The male driver was not seriously injured because airbags had activated in the grey coloured 59-plate Honda Jazz.

However, the car, which finally struck the wall at Housing 21, was believed to be a write-off.

The man assisted local residents with picking up glass and debris from the road while on his mobile telephone.

After 20 minutes the man left the scene in a red car which had come to collect him.

Local residents have been calling for safety improvements at the junction for many years including bollards and further speed restrictions on Jockey Hill.

Just before Christmas a drink-driver’s car collided with a property on the roundabout causing considerable damage to the property and distress for the owners.

On June 6, 1975 a bus carrying a number of passengers lost its brakes on Jockey Hill and crashed into a property at the roundabout.