AN accident which left two women trapped and injured in an overturned car last Thursday has led a golf club manager to speak out about the speeds motorists reach on the bends near his premises.

A red Vauxhall Cavalier containing four people, including a six-month-old baby, overturned on the road off the B3109, close to the Five Ways junction, on Thursday just after 4pm, just a few hundred yards away from Kingsdown Golf Club.

Neil Newman, who has been the secretary/manager at the club for about a year, said he had seen several crashes in his time there.

"Some people even overtake other cars on the bend as they pass the golf club, which is obviously dangerous. The type of road it is doesn't justify the speeds people drive," he said.

"I drove past just after it (Thursday's crash) happened and could see they'd had to cut someone out because the roof had been removed.

"I don't know how it happened but it was on the bend and people do tend to drive too fast along the road, especially when it's raining."

The front seat passenger in Thursday's crash suffered minor back injuries while a woman back seat passenger was taken to Royal United Hospital, Bath, suffering from abdominal pain .

The baby and the man driving the car were uninjured.

In a separate incident police were called to an accident in Westbury after a black BMW collided with a traffic light post outside the Co-op store in Fore Street at 4.51pm. The post was removed because the wiring had become detached, and was placed in the hedge at the side of the road. It has now been replaced.

The male driver was not injured and police had cleared the area by 6.51pm.

On Friday a woman in her late 30s had to be airlifted to hospital following a collision with a tractor.

She had been driving her Piaggio moped along the B3098 between Bratton and Erlestoke when the accident happened at 1.18pm.

The woman, who is from Bratton, suffered a broken ankle and dislocated shoulder and was taken to Royal United Hospital, Bath.

Police had to close the road while they cleared the debris.