A MENTAL health worker has called for traffic control changes after he was involved in a car crash.

Gary Rostron, from Clayton-le-Moors, suffered minor injuries after his black Mercedes C200 was involved in a crash with a white Vauxhall Zafira on Tuesday.

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Police said they were called at 8.15pm to the incident at the Accrington Road and Burnley Road junction near Whalley.

The 42-year-old said the ‘A-shaped’ junction was complicated and difficult to navigate and needed to be looked at by the council.

He said: “It was scary looking back at it, but it happened so quickly at the time.

“I was driving towards the bottom of the junction from Whalley as the Vauxhall was coming the other way. The car, coming from Clayton-le-Moors, turned right at the green light, but didn’t give way to the oncoming traffic.

“We collided, both spinning off in different directions.

“I’m glad no-one was seriously injured but because of the layout of the junction, it’s difficult to see you have to give way.

“A driver would get to the light, see it’s green and would think it would be safe to turn.

“The traffic coming from the other side could be driving at 50 miles per hour, so a crash could lead to serious injuries.

“I’m not blaming the other driver, I think the road layout is bad and something needs to be done.”

Two drivers suffered leg and chest injuries after a silver Vauxhall Vectra and a blue BMW 116D crashed at the same junction five days ago.

Motorists were asked to avoid the area as the incident caused long delays.

Several emergency vehicles were called and the road was closed for two hours while the drivers received treatment. Mr Rostron, who works at Calderstones Hospital, said he felt lucky to not suffer any serious injuries.

He said: “I heard about the accident there a few days ago and they sadly didn’t come away as good as I did.

“The lights either need to be changed so cars can only cross when everything else has stopped or the road markings need to be clearer.

“If you were new to the area or visibility was poor, you could definitely get confused.

“It’s an odd junction.”

A Lancashire County Council spokesman said: “Our highways teams meet regularly with traffic police to discuss issues on the roads.

“We will raise this at the next of our meetings.

“We will look to see whether we could reasonably do anything to prevent similar incidents in future.”