Motorists and pedestrians have been advised to take care as another ice warning has been issued extending into Tuesday, after a day of dangerous conditions.
Skies will clear overnight potentially leading to ice forming on wet roads and pavements as the temperature drops.
The M90 northbound was blocked south of Bridge of Earn during the morning rush after a five-vehicle pile up at 6.30am, amid reports of black ice, however no one was injured.
The southbound carriageway of the M90 was also blocked after another pile-up, thought to have been caused by a tyre blow-out. Again no one was injured.
Meanwhile Dundee Councillor Ian Borthwick says the city council’s response to calls regarding icy pavements is ”totally unacceptable” after he was told supervisors at Dundee Contract Services ”don’t take calls at the weekend.”
Mr Borthwick said he had to call the department’s director, Ken Laing, to get action to sand ”treacherous” pavements at Haldane Crescent and Haldane Avenue in Kirkton after an elderly woman was taken to hospital by ambulance following a fall.
He was responding to a plea from a resident who had witnessed the senior citizen falling and banging her head on railings.
He said: ”I got in touch with the council to see if they could get it sanded, but the chap there said he couldn’t get in touch with anybody at that time.
”He called back later to tell me that he had got through but was told the supervisors don’t work at the weekends.
”It’s pretty poor, I’ve had calls about this from people in St Mary’s, Ardler and Kirkton, all three areas of my constituency, and I would guess it’s the same all over the town.
”These pavements are absolutely treacherous and it was very upsetting to hear about the elderly woman falling and bumping her head.
”I think we have to make sure that we are sanding the pavements more when there’s a really cold snap like this.
”And for me to have to phone the head of department to get something done is totally unacceptable.”
Mr Borthwick continued: ”It’s fine for me because I have access to numbers, but what about ordinary members of the public?
”Not to mention the cost to the NHS and the taxpayer of people’s treatment we mustn’t lose sight of that.
”I spoke to Ken Laing and he said he would contact the city engineer to see if they could get something done about it.
”I’d like to stress I’m not criticising the people who are out there gritting. They’re doing a good job, but either there’s not enough of them or something has gone wrong.
”It’s just not good enough, especially after we said we would be responding better to the situation this year.”