A section of Dunedin's Three Mile Hill Rd is to be resurfaced after nearly 100 crashes on the road in a five-year period.
The Dunedin City Council has decided to undertake the safety work on the road between Substation Rd and Halfway Bush Rd later this year.
Staff would also investigate the need for more significant road improvements, including curve widening or realignment work, and had already included the road in a review of speed limits around the city.
The plan was presented to yesterday's infrastructure services committee in a report by council roading staff.
Addressing the committee, council transportation operations manager Graeme Hamilton acknowledged the camber of the road "could be slightly off on some of those curves", but weather was also a factor in many of the crashes.
A council review of the road's crash statistics found 97 from 2004 to 2008, of which 89 involved drivers who had lost control.
One of the crashes - in 2004 - had resulted in a fatality, and another 16 serious injuries.
Of the 97 crashes, 89 involved drivers who had lost control, including 55 in wet conditions and 19 in icy conditions, the statistics showed.
Mr Hamilton said safety work in the past seven years had noticeably reduced the crash rate between Silverstream Valley Rd and Substation Rd, but the statistics showed more work was needed on the section to Halfway Bush Rd.
It was hoped resurfacing with a slurry seal would be carried out in October, improving skid resistance and addressing the section's crash rate, he said.
The safety work won the support of councillors, who yesterday voted to approve the project.
Cr Kate Wilson said the road was "beautiful", but required motorists to "drive to the conditions".
Cr Chris Staynes, who drove the road daily, said it could be "quite dangerous".
"I have witnessed a number of accidents, and in fact I have had one myself," he said.
