SOUTH Dorset MP Richard Drax is calling for action on a notorious stretch of road where drivers lose control and crash into the wall of his estate every month.

The MP has called for safety measures to be put in place after two more drivers – one believed to be from the Dorchester area – went into the wall close to Stag Gate on the A31 yesterday morning.

Both drivers escaped serious injury and Mr Drax believes it is ‘a miracle’ that more people are not badly hurt – so he wants rumble strips and warning signs put in place on a corner outside his Charborough Park Estate.

He said: “We desperately need to have something done on that corner whether it be rumble strips or a flashing warning sign.

“We’ve also offered a bit of land to flatten the corner opposite the wall.”

Mr Drax said drivers going towards Wimborne on the A31 lost grip on the bend close to Stag Gate.

He said between 10 to 15 cars went into the wall each year and said each time it happened it had been raining.

Mr Drax added: “We’ve asked to reduce the speed limit to 50mph but been told by the Highways Agency that’s not going to happen.

“So we would urge rumble strips and a flashing sign saying ‘dangerous corner’ and ‘slow down’.”

In the lastest incident police said paramedics advised them at the scene that both drivers were believed to have escaped serious injury.

Commuters were held up as the westbound lane was covered in fuel and was also being used by recovery vehicles and an ambulance.

A Highways Agency spokesman said it was hoping to add a sign and renew the anti-skid surface on the bend if funding could be ontained.

The spokesman said: “In February this year we renewed road markings near Lion Lodge and installed new illuminated road studs at Stag Gate.

“We also carried out some drainage work and cut back some vegetation to improve visibility for drivers.

“We have further work planned, including a renewal of anti-skid road surfacing and a vehicle activated warning sign and will complete this as soon as we can when funding is available.

“Safety is the Highways Agency’s top priority.”