One of the island’s most notorious accident spots is under review for tougher safety measures, including the possibility of traffic lights.

For business owner Cindy Laws, who has witnessed a series of crashes at the junction of Tee Street and Middle Road, the attention could not come soon enough.

“So many people have hit the building, it’s tough to remember the sequence,” the owner of Ainslie’s Interior Decor said.

According to a spokeswoman, the Ministry of Public Works is “keenly aware” of its reputation as a frequent accident spot, and is considering safety measures, such as lights.

Ms Laws, who has seen two crashes at the busy Devonshire intersection in only the past week, said she would gladly provide input.

“When I heard there could be stoplights I thought, ‘good’. Nobody has come to talk to me yet, but it would be right on my boundary, so they would have to,” she said.

“It’s nerve-racking to hear and see all these accidents.”

The building was struck four times in one year, with the railings on its Middle Road steps torn off so often that she has not replaced them.

She said that the last car to plough into the her business “sounded like a bomb; the whole building shook”.

Over the years, Ms Laws has tended to the injured using fabric from her shop, and has helped direct traffic to keep motorists from driving over debris.

She said: “Old people, young people; you name it. I’m a humanitarian. I can’t sit here doing nothing. I’m always out there assisting people.”

She recalled seeing a young man on a motorcycle struck by a car and left with his leg torn open by broken bones.

Another driver knocked off his bike “never recovered”, she said, and died several months later.

The junction was first signposted as a frequent accident spot in 1994, around the same time Ms Laws set up shop, after there were ten accidents in the first few months of the year.

“It’s increased in the last ten years, but there have always been accidents here,” she said.

Many follow a predictable pattern, she added.

“Most happen the same way,” she said. “A person coming out of Tee Street turns east, and collides with a driver on Middle Road going west.

“Some people who’ve never had accidents in their life have accidents right here. Recently there was a guy with a newborn baby in his car. I don’t think that’s someone intending to drive recklessly.”

Her suggestion was for a blinking sensor light, similar to those used on pedestrian crossings, to warn motorists when vehicles were turning on to Middle Road.

Ms Laws said: “When a car pulls up in the right-hand lane on Tee Street to turn east, there could be a flashing light for the traffic on the main road to slow down and allow that car to get out.

“That way, there would be no interference with traffic when nobody was trying to get out of Tee Street. I think it would make things safer.”