Tauranga accident spot probe

Tauranga City Council has asked police to review its engineering studies into an accident blackspot in the city where three trucks have crashed in the past six weeks.

The trucks crashed at a roundabout at the entrance to State Highway 29, but a roading investigation has concluded it was built correctly and according to specifications.

The council's transport manager, Geoff Morgan, said Tauranga police's commercial vehicle investigation unit would be given the engineering studies to see if it could suggest any remedies.

Truck drivers have criticised the camber of the road at the roundabout but resident Sandy Head said speed and inexperienced out-of-town drivers were the main causes of the accidents.