A PREGNANT woman from Borehamwood has added her voice to the campaign to make Stirling Corner safer following a scary car crash earlier this year.

Oshy Ellman, 30, was spun 90 degrees when a driver hit the back of her black Toyota RAV4 on March 30 at around 12.30pm.

Mrs Ellman, who was seven weeks pregnant at the time, had her one-year-old son on the back seat and was in complete shock when she found herself facing the middle of the roundabout.

The marketing and PR executive suffered painful whiplash, but her son, who was checked over by paramedics, was unhurt.

She feels the speed of the traffic coming from the A1 played a major part in the accident, as she was trying to join from the smaller Barnet-side entrance.

Mrs Ellman said she was 100 per cent behind a new petition set up by the Borehamwood Driving Instructors Association (BDIA) calling for safety improvements to Stirling Corner.

She said: “It's madness, absolutely crazy. The fact there are no traffic lights seems to encourage speeding.”

Part-time signals, which operated at the busy roundabout on weekdays between 3.30pm and 6.30pm, are currently switched off under a three-month trial by Transport for London.

Mrs Ellman added: “I think it is completely shocking and unbelievable. I find it incredible that no-one has raised this before and hope that something is done following the petition.”

The BDIA petition is live at ipetitions.com