According to Mr Naughton over that time he's become increasingly worried about crashes occurring at the intersection on the corner of Pinnacle and Shiralee roads.

Mr Naughton pointed out two main issues.

The first was the number of cars drifting onto the wrong side of Pinnacle Road as they rounded the bend at the intersection when heading towards the CBD.

The Central Western Daily observed a number of vehicles - cars and trucks - drift into the right lane as they veered around the corner.

The second was the poor line of sight for cars, trucks and other vehicles turning left and right from Shiralee Road onto Pinnacle Road.

When turning left and right, the driver's vision to the right is partially restricted by trees, meaning cars have to edge out in order to be able to see what is coming.

"Then you've got the nose of your car [even further] out in front of you," said Mr Naughton.

"I know all the pitfalls and I still have close calls with people coming out of Shiralee, to the point I wouldn't even come home this way.

"If I am going along Pinnacle Road I know what's going on, but people turning off Shiralee get to a certain point and do that 'will I won't I?' thing, and I stop and let them go.

"I've been involved in near-accidents with cars coming out of Shiralee doing that 'will I won't I?' thing. There's a panic comes in."

When turning right from Shiralee Road onto Pinnacle Road, long grass restricts the view to the left, meaning vehicles travelling on an 80 kilometre an hour stretch of road can only appear at the last moment.

Mr Naughton, who has raised the issue with Orange City Council, said the amount of traffic in the area was only set to increase in coming years.

"There's a sign around here that says 'tourist drive' and it goes around Pinnacle, Lake Canobolas, the vineyards, and that means lots more traffic," he said. "Then you've got the high density housing."

Mr Naughton said before a guard rail was built on the corner, cars used to wind up in neighbouring properties.

He thinks "a proper, well-constructed roundabout here would solve the problem".

Orange council communications officer Allan Reeder said steps were taken to improve the safety of the intersection after council obtained black spot funding in 2015/16.

"That resulted in a number of improvements in alignment, widening of the bend, reconstruction of pavement and renewed seal," he said.

"Since this work, the accident history of this corner has improved.

"The last recorded accident in June 2018 was a single-vehicle accident."

Mr Reeder said council would be "keeping a close eye on traffic numbers in that area", and that council staff "will be visiting the intersection soon to check safe sight distances".

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