A FAIRLIE man has said drastic changes need to be made to the A78 - or someone will be killed.

David Telford is begging Traffic Scotland to make the road through Fairlie single lane to prevent another lethal crash like the one that devastated the village six years ago.

He says that a combination of narrow pavements and regularly passing lorries is another 'accident waiting to happen'.

Village resident Catherine Bonner died when a lorry crashed in to her house while she was watching the television in February 2013.

David believes that more needs to be done to ensure that the village never has to experience such a tragedy again.

He said: "The pavements are so narrow that pedestrians often have to walk on the road because there are electricity boxes and the traffic lights in the way.

"Wheelchair users struggle to get along these pavements, bikes going along this road have to be extremely careful and often have to dismount.

"The pavements are far too narrow and this just adds to an already dangerous road.

"The road itself is also very tight. Two lorries have to slow down to pass each other and sometimes they mount the pavement to do so. Add to that pedestrians having to walk on the road and it is only a matter of time before there is an accident.

"The single lane traffic would allow lorries and cars to pass through with enough space and without endangering people's lives."

Transport Scotland told Fairlie community council that such traffic lights are not permitted on trunk roads and hence could not be used on the A78 at Fairlie.

However community councillor David says there is permanent single lane traffic lights at Minard on the A83, which is one of Argyll’s principal trunk roads and used by virtually all vehicles accessing Kintyre.

He added: "It can't be an overarching rule that single lane traffic lights can't be installed on a trunk road.

"As a community we have also continuously requested that the council reconsider installing a bypass to cut the traffic through the town completely and make it much safer.

"North Ayrshire Council’s recent planning permission to allow the decommission of oil and gas platforms at Hunterston will again lead to thousands of lorries, carrying many thousands of tonnes of potentially dangerous waste, once more traversing the Victorian streets of the village."

David as has also requested another Fatal Accident Enquiry into the horrific lorry crash.

He believes that there is new evidence regarding the history of the roads and the area which should be taken into consideration.