THE owner of a Bed and Breakfast opposite an accident blackspot is calling on action to be taken after yet another car ended up on its roof in Bilbrook this weekend.

Chris Ansell, who runs the Bournestream Farm and Bed and Breakfast in Bilbrook said his concern was "that they will only do something about it when somebody dies."

On the bends between Withycombe Straight and Bilbrook on the A39, there have been 26 crashes in the last 10 years with cars often ending up in the field.

On Saturday, Minehead firefighters were called to help after a car rolled into the field opposite the Bed and Breakfast.

The car crashed off the road shortly after 4pm, and there were two elderly casualties who were taken to Musgrove Park Hospital as a precaution after being released from the vehicle.

Mr Ansell said the number of similar crashes implied that there was a problem with the road as opposed to people driving dangerously.

"If it is dangerous driving then there are an awful lot of dangerous drivers about, which has led me to conclude it has to be the road" Mr Ansell said.

Mr Ansell explained the road he felt the road had an adverse camber and the crashes occurred most frequently to cars coming out of Bilbrook toward Minehead during heavy rain after a prolonged dry spell.

"There does seem to be something very peculiar about this bend as the majority of the cars end up in exactly the same place," Mr Ansell said.

Mr Ansell has run the Bed and Breakfast on the corner for 26 years now and vividly remembers when the house was partly demolished when stones meant for Minehead's Sea Wall fell from a lorry through the wall in 1997.

A spokesman for Somerset County Council said: “We are aware of reports of collisions occurring on the A39 near Bilbrook, and have been investigating the condition of the road surface to establish whether surface treatment would be appropriate, and also whether the bends would benefit from further enhanced warning signs.

"Temporary warning signs have been on site since August and we are looking to undertake further surface treatment works during the week beginning 17 October.

"We would always recommend that drivers travel at an appropriate speed so that they can respond to any potential hazards such as bends.”