Emergency services were called to the track at 4.30pm on Monday after a cyclist collided with a pedestrian while travelling down The Esses. 

The collision left the 17-year-old female with head, arm and hip injuries.

The 33-year-old male cyclist received non-life-threatening chest injuries as well as cuts and abrasions.

Both were transported by rescue helicopter to hospital – the cyclist to Orange, and the pedestrian to Westmead Hospital in Sydney.

Monday afternoon’s accident followed a fatality at nearby Forrest’s Elbow on January 18 this year that left a 43-year-old motorcycle rider from Yetholme dead.

This collision occurred when a motorcycle and a Toyota Prado four-wheel-drive collided.

A 14-year-old pillion passenger on the motorbike was airlifted to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead with multiple injuries.

Ambulance Service of NSW Inspector Rhys Dive said the biggest problem with the track is that people were either not aware of, or don’t follow the road rules. While there is a warning sign just over 300 metres from the track’s main entrance, he said this was just not enough.

The track can be especially confusing for people visiting Bathurst who are completing a ‘lap of honour’, according to Inspector Dive.

He said it was these people that were often not aware that it was two-way traffic because when the V8 Supercars are televised each October it is only a one-way circuit.

Visitors are also often unaware of the 60km/hr speed limit and that pedestrians frequently walk the 6.213-kilometre long track.

Inspector Dive said he contacted Bathurst mayor Gary Rush to urge him to consider installing a warning sign at the entrance of the track – where Panorama Avenue meets Pit and Conrod straights.

“They forget it’s two-way and they come and get up a lot of speed,” he said of motorists and cyclists on the track. “There’s no signs saying it’s a shared zone with pedestrians.

“They’ll follow the race line and think everything is good.”

Mayor Rush said council was already considering its options on how to advise circuit users of the road rules.

“Prior to yesterday’s unfortunate accident, council was looking at options to better advise, particularly visitors, that the circuit is a 60km/hr zone and caters to two-way traffic,” he said.

Chifley local area command duty officer Inspector Andrew Spliet said an investigation into Monday’s accident was still underway and no charges had been laid.

He would not comment on whether a warning sign should be installed at Mount Panorama, but did say that people should be “mindful” of other track users.

He has called on any witnesses to the accident to call Bathurst Police on 6332 8699.