POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a two car collision on the A3102 Bromham to Melksham road near Westbrook.

It happened on Wednesday December 17 at about 3.30pm and involved a red VW Polo car and a blue Vauxhall Astra, which were travelling in opposite directions.

The Polo was driven by a 69-year-old woman from the Pewsey area who suffered serious leg injuries and was taken to the Royal United Hospital, Bath.

She had to be released from the car by firefighters who came from Devizes and Chippenham.

The 78-year-old driver of the Astra, who is from West Lavington, was also taken to hospital as was his passenger, a 69-year-old man, who was described as having slight injuries. They were both discharged later.

Police said the Polo was travelling towards Bromham and the Astra was travelling in the opposite direction when the collision happened.

The accident happened at about 3.30pm and the road was closed until 7.10pm while police carried out their investigations at the scene. Diversions were set up for motorists.

PC Simon Woodrow, who is investigating the accident, would like to hear from people who either witnessed the collision or saw the cars travelling along the road before the accident.

Any information to Salisbury traffic police on 01722 435356.

On the same day a Calne woman was involved in an accident at Derry Hill, when a deer ran into the road.

Natasha Snell, 27, from The Knapp, was driving to work at Safeway in Chippenham along the A4 when the deer jumped out in front of her.

"I didn't see it coming. It was horrible. I had slowed down as well as I know it is a lethal piece of road. I was lucky to walk away from it," she said.

The accident happened at 6.30am at the brow of Derry Hill near to the nursery. Miss Snell said she had been driving her silver Fiesta at 45 mph.

The deer was killed in the collision.

Miss Snell said: "I went into auto pilot and carried on driving. I went to my sister's house in Pewsham and rang my dad. He went back up as all I was worried about was the poor deer. I would not have been able to look at it."

She and her father John think there should be warning signs on the road to tell drivers of the likelihood of deer crossing the road.

"I know someone else who has hit a deer there. To nearly kill someone for the sake of a few signs is ridiculous," said Miss Snell.

"There is not one sign up there but there are hundreds of deer on the estate."

Her father John Snell said he was concerned that there was no fencing on the side of the road to prevent the deer straying in front of cars.

"It is very dangerous with wild deer running around. My daughter was nearly killed. If the deer had come through the windscreen it would have killed her. It totally shook her up. She was hysterical at the time.

"I rung Bowood Estate and they did not even have the decency to ring me back," he said.

Mr Snell said his daughter had now lost her no claims bonus.

"There is no recourse to claim from anyone," he said.

A spokesman from the Bowood Estate said he was sorry to hear about Miss Snell's accident and was relieved that she escaped uninjured, but denied responsibility for the deer. "The warning signs are a matter for the highway authorities," he said."The deer are not owned by the Bowood Estate, they are wild animals in the same way as foxes."