Olds RCMP revealed the cause of a two-vehicle crash last week that saw two people taken to hospital, one car flipped on its side and another on somebody's lawn on July 24.
The collision occurred at the intersection of 53 Avenue and 51 Street in the early evening on a sunny day.
Police say the Soul was traveling north on 53 Avenue and failed to yield to the westbound Malibu. Drivers of both cars were taken to hospital as a precaution but discharged shortly after.
The driver of the Soul was fined $155 for failing to yield.
The intersection is a two-way yield for drivers on 53 Avenue and one resident is concerned about its safety.
Elizabeth Schott has lived near the intersection since 2008 and says she could count three collisions of varying severity that happened there in the last four years.
Some people have suggested there should be stop signs, she says.
Schott already treats the yield signs like full stops, having seen the previous crashes.
"Maybe to make other people stop is not the worst thing to do," she says. "And maybe they should, considering there are schools nearby and there is a lot of walking traffic because people can walk downtown, they don't need to drive everywhere."
Schott rushed out of her house to assist the driver of the Malibu, which wound up on the grass of a property at the northwest corner of the intersection. She described the driver as an elderly woman and says other residents were already tending to the driver of the Soul.
"The minute you see a flipped vehicle, you kind of just go, 'Oh my God,'" she says. "I'm not a good person to go to these because I panic. There's usually a cooler head around and all I can do is hold somebody's hand."
Concern over safety at that location doesn't appear new. Andrea Suderman is a former Olds resident who lived nearby the intersection 11 years ago. She lived in town for four years and recalled at least two collisions.
Suderman now lives in Carstairs and says the intersection was dangerous back then.
"Partly people aren't being aware enough. I think a stop sign would help them say, 'OK, I really need to stop here, not just slow down,'" she says.
However she adds, "I think people are more distracted than ever so I don't think this is going to necessarily change."
"I think the best you can do is put a stop sign and make sure the line of sight is good."
Police are reminding drivers to look for oncoming vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians while clearing intersections.
