CAMPAIGNERS have called for urgent action to prevent more accidents at a spot of the North Circular dubbed “suicidal” for drivers.

Residents of Bexhill Road, Hastings Road, and Pevensey Avenue say they are now forced to turn right across four lanes of A406 traffic to go to the local shops.

Denise Selchouk, who lives with her husband Ural in Bexhill Road, said previously they could access New Southgate shops by turning left on to the dual carriageway and then turning right down Station Road.

However, the Transport for London expansion of the North Circular has blocked off that option, and forced residents to make a potentially perilous turning right out of Hastings Road towards Bowes Road.

Mrs Selchouk said: “We are absolutely locked in by the North Circular, and they've put in this right turn with no signs, no signals, and no safety.

“In rush hour, it's a choc-a-block and trying to get across is really hard. Even if you get to the middle, it's still really dangerous because there is not much room there.

“It's a potentially suicidal plan really.”

Ernie Chinnick, 70, of Pevensey Avenue, said the issue was pointed out to TfL before the road expansion began, but he said “they haven't taken a blind bit of notice.”

He said he had witnessed several crashes since the stretch of road was finished in the summer, but when he raised the issue with Daniel Moylan, deputy chairman of TfL on November 18, he was told TfL would monitor the situation for three years.

He said: “The problem is, we are in an area that's been so run down and neglected for so long, people think anything goes along here.

“But people are absolutely fed up to the teeth of so many things going on round here, and nothing we say seems to make any difference.”

David Burrowes, MP for Enfield Southgate, made the visit with Mr Moylan two weeks ago, and promised to push TfL to address the problems that had been raised.

Among them was a mobile phone mast installed at the corner of Powys Lane and the A406, apparently without planning permission or consultation.

Neighbours of the site have complained, but so far neither TfL or developers Notting Hill Housing Trust have laid claim to the land.