Improvements are to be made to two of Fife’s road accident hotspots.
The A91 between the M90 and St Andrews and the A917 Upper Largo to Crail road were the scenes of almost 230 road accidents in two years.
Behind only the A915 Standing Stane road between Kirkcaldy and Windygates, they were identified as the top priorities for action among Fife’s non-trunk A and B-class roads.
Fife Council is to invest £60,000 in upgrading the routes after cash was approved by the council’s north-east Fife area committee.
Chairwoman Councillor Frances Melville said: “The proposed works will be vital in making routes safer and show that we are acting on the data from accidents to try and improve some difficult junctions and dangerous bends.
“Whilst trying to highlight to drivers the message of driving safely, the greatest return on our investment will be achieved by improving safety at the junctions and bends where there are clusters of collisions but also combining these efforts with improvements throughout the route,” she said.
The A91 from Burnside runs over 23 miles through Auchtermuchty, Cupar, Dairsie and Guardbridge.
It saw 114 accidents recorded between 2012 and 2014, 30 of them resulting in injury to at least one person.
Route treatment at a number of junctions is aimed at improving visibility of signs and road markings and includes cutting back foliage and trees, replacing road studs and installing new signs, chevrons, junction bollards and anti-skid surfacing.
Speed limit road markings are also to be painted at Dairsie and the limit reduced between Guardbridge and St Andrews to 50mph.
The A917 is part of the coastal route around the region, linking the towns and villages of the East Neuk, and saw 113 recorded accidents, 24 resulting in injury.
Members of the Levenmouth area committee approved a raft of safety improvements, totalling £40,000, for the route.
While the majority of the route falls within the remit of councillors in north east Fife, the stretch of the A917 from Upper Largo to Drumeldrie falls under the jurisdiction of Levenmouth representatives.
Councillor Tom Adams, chairman of the Levenmouth area committee, said: “Hopefully, these improvements will make people more aware of their own driving skills.
“These are the sorts of improvements that people have been asking for for a while. They want more signs, as well as the anti-skid surface on corners to make the road safer for everyone.”