A Minster mum is campaigning for the introduction of traffic-calming measures to the village.

Shirley Foster believes urgent action is needed to prevent a fatality at the Back Lane junction opposite the Prince of Waterloo pub.

She estimates in the 15 years she’s lived in Minster Road, off the High Street she’s witnessed 10 accidents.

“You hear a bang and think, ‘hear we go again’, she said. “We had St John Ambulance knocking at the door the other week asking for a cup of tea for a driver who was in shock after an accident.

“Last year an elderly couple got hit. We brought them into the house before the ambulance arrived.

“It’s just continuous. It’s only a matter of time before someone’s killed.”

Mrs Foster, 57, who lives with her 18-year-old son Jamie, said speeding motorists in Back Lane are to blame for turning the area into an “accident blackspot”.

“Drivers approach the junction at great speed and don’t stop,” she said.

“They either go straight across and hit cars coming up the hill, or cars coming down the hill by the side of the pub.”

She said careless motorists have even left her fearful for her teenage son.

Mrs Foster, a waitress, said: “When he leaves the house I tell him to walk down the hill before he crosses the road because drivers whizz around the corner at such speed.”

She believes the installation of speed humps in Back Lane will help “slow people down a bit”.

To boost her campaign, she’s rallying her neighbours to start a petition.

“All the accidents I’ve seen must have been logged by Kent Highways,” she said. “This area has to be a noted blackspot.”

A Kent Highways spokesman said it was happy to consider all traffic management requests.

Before doing so, he said residents needed to check the crash history of a site by visiting: www.crashmap.co.uk, to see if any accidents in the past three years had resulted in personal injury.

If so, a Highways community representative would be available to offer support.

He said: “Decisions are made with the help of experienced traffic engineers, who identify whether any cost-effective measures to reduce road casualties are needed.

“Once we’ve identified, assessed and agreed what to do, we’ll seek funding from various sources, such as the county or parish council.

“We then report the scheme to the local district Joint Transportation Board.”