Campaigners call for more safety measures and reduced speed limit at danger junction

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Petitioners who raised concerns over a busy rural junction near Thornhill say they are delighted by new measures to be introduced – but want to see more, including a change in speed limit.The campaign over the A873 at Burnbank and Coldoch saw locals ask for traffic-calming measures and a review of speed limits to improve the safety of road users.Members of Stirling Council’s environment, housing and net zero committee agreed earlier this year to defer a decision on the petition for more information after officers said accident data had shown there had been only two slight injury accidents on the section of road in more than a decade.The A873 is the main distributor road to Thornhill and then joins with the A81 to Port of Menteith and Aberfoyle with routes off it to Doune and Callander.

The section of the A873 from its junction with the A84 to the junction of the B8031 Coldoch Road is a rural road subject to the national speed limit of 60mph and just short of one mile long.There are 20 residential properties on or accessed from this section of the A873 and a further three commercial properties.

Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area. The petitioners said while official statistics may only record certain levels of accident, a host of accidents had taken place at the spot including cars hitting telephone poles, and the lack of any serious injury was merely fortunate.Since that hearing, roads officers have been out to the site and met with the petitioners, agreeing a number of measures.These included changing some warning signs to encourage motorists to moderate their speed on the approach to the junctions; introducing ‘pedestrian in road’ signage in an area where pupils get on and off school transport;