The Mountain Road has been closed at least six times since Friday evening.

Excluding closures for racing, there have been five closures for accidents and one to allow for repairs to the course.

The first accident on open roads occurred just 13 minutes after the Mountain Road had re-opened as a one-way road for the TT.

Following the re-opening, a car left the road at The Verandah. This followed an incident minutes before when a motorist attempted to head to Ramsey from the Creg-ny-Baa, despite the large number of signs saying the road was now one way.

Then on Saturday, police said the road was closed just before 1.50pm following the crash at Windy Corner. Officers confirmed there were no injuries suffered in the crash and released a picture of a car on its side.

Later that night, following the cancellation of Saturday’s practice session, a car left the road at Windy Corner at about 9.15pm.

And on Monday morning, police confirmed the road between Ramsey and The Bungalow was closed to allow for repair works to be carried out following the an incident in Sunday’s qualifying sessions.

New Zealander Daniel Mettam came off his bike at the Black Hut in the Supersport session and was flown to Noble’s Hospital. His condition was not reported to be serious.

The road then opened at 12.10pm and was due to close at 4.45pm ahead of Sunday night’s session. However officers confirmed it had been closed again at 1.45pm from Ramsey to The Bungalow following a crash near Guthrie’s Memorial, which is between the 26th and 27th milestones on the course.

The Mountain Road opened again at 3.10pm with police saying a rider had been taken to hospital with ’minor injuries’.

Barely two hours after the first crash at Guthrie’s, at 4.05pm, police revealed there had been another one and again closed the road.

A police spokesman also raised concerns about the speeds bikers are riding at coming down from the Creg-ny-Baa towards Onchan.

He said: ’Some bikers are showing a blatant disregard for the speed limit leaving the Creg-ny-Baa.

’It is a 40 for a reason. Respect and observe it.’