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‘Beyond a joke’ new accidents add urgency to A92 safety demands

Police and ambulance personnel at the scene of Sunday nights accident.
Police and ambulance personnel at the scene of Sunday nights accident.

Angus campaigners have called for “immediate” action to make the A92 safer following another series of crashes.

David Wise-Mann, 33, who lives near the railway bridge at Inverkeilor, spoke out in the wake of the latest serious accident.

On Sunday night the A92 was closed in both directions after a motorcyclist was thrown from his bike following a collision at the Brunton turn-off.

He was seriously injured and Mr Wise-Mann, who previously called for increased safety measures, said it was one of three serious crashes that have happened in the past few weeks.

Mr Wise-Mann has first-hand experience of serious crashes with cars having ended up in his garden in the two years since he moved to his house.

He also had to run out to help a driver who was critically injured after a car struck a lorry at the railway bridge at the end of March.

The senior engineering consultant said the latest incidents, on the blackspot stretch of the A92 that runs past his house, demonstrate that safety action is long overdue.

He said: “It really is unbelievable how many accidents there have been on such a short stretch of road.

“This isn’t a new problem but it is a problem that has gone unaddressed for too long.

“I think the time for speed surveys has passed.

“The evidence is there for everyone to see the road is dangerous and both road users and nearby residents are at risk.

“Statistics will show that if this goes on being ignored it is only a matter of time before there is a fatality.

“I have been asking for some time for a reduction in speed limit to protect road users and barriers outside my property to protect my family.

“In my view these actions are overdue and should be implemented immediately.”

Mr Wise-Mann’s calls are being backed by Mike Drysdale, 43, who is also fed up with vehicles crashing into his garden and wants action to be taken to improve safety.

Mr Drysdale, who lives further south on the A92 at Parkhill, said: “This is definitely getting beyond a joke.

“In the past few weeks there have been three serious accidents on this stretch of road.

“There are already speed surveys and audits in the pipeline but I have been given no date when these will be completed and more importantly when any long overdue action will be taken.

“I would think that Angus Council have a duty of care to protect all users of the road as well as the residents, and their families, who live near or beside it and as far as I am concerned they are currently neglecting this duty.

“I would call on immediate action being taken before anymore accidents or, God forbid, fatalities occur.

“A suggestion would be an immediate reduction of speed limits for a trial period on the stretch from Marywell to Inverkeilor as well as safety barriers being placed outside the properties at risk.”

Angus South MSP Graeme Dey said “something needs done” and he is going to write to Angus Council asking what action might be taken.

He said changing the signage and road markings, including banning overtaking, and/or an increased police presence to clamp down on irresponsible driving “could be viable.”

Angus Council previously said surfacing works on the road would be carried out this summer and speed surveys would also be taking place.

A council spokesman said: “We are awaiting the outcome of the police investigation into the cause of the accident.”