Highland MSP renews call for road safety improvements at notorious Tain junctions
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A Highland MSP is calling for improvements to be made at a notorious Easter Ross stretch of the A9 following another collision today.
Rhoda Grant, the MSP for the Highlands and Islands, made the call in a bid to reduce the number of serious accidents and hopefully prevent any fatalities where the route passes Tain.
Police were called to the junction with the B9174, also known as Morangie Road, at 3.05pm this afternoon when two vehicles were involved in the collision which blocked the southbound lane of the A9.
A police spokewoman confirmed there were no injuries and the vehicles were being recovered.
One witness, who was passing at the time, said the cars looked pretty smashed up, although it did not look too serious, and there was glass and metal strewn across the carriageway.
Mrs Grant said: "I was dismayed to hear of another accident at the Tain Lidl junction today and I do hope that the drivers and any passengers have not been injured.
“I know Transport Scotland is looking at this junction, along with the other one at Asda, but it does seem that action is urgently needed to avoid more incidents of this kind.
“The community is anxious to avoid a serious accident or a fatality at these junctions, so I hope the planning of longer-term improvements will not take long.”
