A MUM has told how she and her young son escaped from a crash that left her car a burnt-out wreck at an accident blackspot.

Ellie Tanner was with four-year-old William when her vehicle collided with another about a mile south of the Science Museum near Wroughton.

The other car, carrying three female passengers, was also left wrecked by the side of the A4361. Miraculously, nobody was hurt.

The accident happened as Ellie, 34, pulled out of a junction in treacherous conditions.

She said: “It was a rainy, misty day. I had let a lot cars pass but I didn’t see this last silver car. It happened so quick, all I could do was brace myself.

“The car spun round 360 degrees, facing the way I had come, and I was lucky there was no traffic coming from my son’s side or it could have been much worse.

“My glasses had flown off and I was in shock.”

Ellie suffered a gash to her head but initially feared she had suffered far worse injuries.

Smoke started billowing from her Ford Focus as traffic ground to a halt for miles around during rush hour on March 7.

Ellie, who works for Nationwide, said: “I couldn't see what I was doing without my glasses, but I knew I had to get my son out so I stayed calm and collected.

“Then this really kind man let us sit in his car. We didn’t know if there was going to be an explosion so we got out and sat in a car belonging to a lady behind.

“William was crying and saying the car was on fire. All I could think to say was that he was going to see Fireman Sam.

“When the ambulance came they had to help me out I was shaking so much.

“Seeing my car burnt out was horrific. If we’d have been trapped we wouldn’t have stood had a chance.”

Ellie, from Broad Hinton, suffered from anxiety for weeks after the accident.

But her wedding three months ago to husband Nathan and honeymoon in the Dordogne in France has helped her to recover.

The A4631 has been the scene of numerous accidents in recent years. In 2009, a motorcyclist died after losing control at the same spot, known as the Broad Hinton crossroads.

The fatality led to a campaign by residents in the village to introduce new speed restrictions on the road.