A road safety campaigner said it is no surprise that the A937 Laurencekirk to Montrose road has been identified as one of the most dangerous in Scotland.
Jill Fotheringham has been leading an 11-year campaign to replace the junction where the A937 joins the A90 Dundee to Aberdeen road with a flyover.
She said it is a “disgrace” that the road improvement is still to be made.
She added: “Time and time again we have seen the Laurencekirk road listed in safety reports but nothing has been done.”
This year the Scottish Government’s roads body for Aberdeenshire, Nestrans, declared a flyover as its preferred option for improving the junction.
However, the Scottish Government has said it is “too early” to set a timescale for the delivery of the flyover.
More than 150 people have contributed to a crowdfunding campaign to raise £5,000 towards the multi-million-pound improvement. Jill is now trying to arrange to hand the funds over to Transport Minister Derek Mackay.
“People have put their hands into their own pockets to show just how much we want this infrastructure improvement,” she told The Courier.
The A935 Brechin to Montrose road was also identified as one of the most dangerous roads in the report, which looked at figures from 2011 to 2013.
This is currently undergoing a £1.7 million upgrade. The realignment of a double bend at Mill of Dun began in October and was completed earlier this year.
The A92 Arbroath to Montrose road has also recently undergone a £3m safety improvement.
Chief Inspector Gordon Milne, Angus area police commander, said: “There has been a lot of money spent on major improvements in Angus in recent years.
“I would have to say it’s maybe not the roads which are dangerous but it’s the people using them who are dangerous.
“We find throughout Scotland that a lot of people come into the rural area and drive well above their abilities and end up smashing into trees and dykes.
“It’s maybe not the roads that are that bad, it’s the ability of the drivers to negotiate them that’s the problem.
“Over the last decade the number of serious accidents on the roads in Angus has significantly reduced.
“This is down to a combination of engineering, education, encouragement and a wee bit of enforcement from us.”