According to statistics kept by Transport for NSW's Centre for Road Safety, 15 crashes occurred at the intersection in the five-year period between January 2013 and September 2018, resulting in a total of 18 injuries and zero deaths.

However, this figure doesn't take into account the most recent accident on Thursday, October 10 in which two people were injured, or a crash in February of this year that also saw two people transported to hospital.

Forster resident Mark Jensen was on his way home from Coopernook on Thursday afternoon when he passed the site of the latest crash.

In a letter to the Great Lakes Advocate, he drew attention to the frequency of these incidents.

"I've seen several serious accidents over the years and twice as many close calls, both while driving and running through the intersection," he said.

"It appears people attempting to turn right from Blackhead Road onto The Lakes Way or right off The Lakes Way onto Blackhead Road are the ones getting caught up in these accidents."

That is apparently what occurred in the case of the latest crash, with police saying a driver allegedly failed to give way to a sedan as he turned right onto The Lakes Way from Blackhead Road, resulting in a collision that saw both drivers hospitalised.

While Mr Jensen admitted he didn't know the best way to fix the black spot, he believed dropping the speed limit in the area would likely reduce the amount of accidents that occurred there.

The intersection was last upgraded by MidCoast Council in 2015/2016 as a part of a $1.1 million project that delivered major pavement widening and turning lanes.

While that upgrade may have resulted in fewer accidents at the site - in the five-year period between 2013 and 2018, nine accidents occurred before the upgrade compared to six after - it's clear from this latest crash the problem has not been fixed.

Recent improvements seem to have had little effect either, with additional signage being added and the acceleration lane for vehicles turning south off Blackhead Road also being widened.

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MidCoast Council engineering and infrastructure services director, Rob Scott, said the area had been identified as a location that warranted an upgrade.

He said council was currently considering the option of installing a roundabout at the site.

However, that project was yet to be given the green light and would most likely involve a lengthy development process before it was delivered.

"Some preliminary design work has already been completed to allow costs to be estimated," Mr Scott said.

"We would need to obtain funding for this type of project and consult with the community on the proposal as part of developing a detailed design."

More immediately, Mr Scott said that line-marking improvements would be completed at the intersection in the coming weeks.