ZEBRA crossings could be put on all the approach roads to a Bournemouth roundabout.

The council has now launched a public consultation seeking residents' views on the plans for Tuckton roundabout, which were originally announced in April.

The scheme is intended to improve safety at the junction, following a number of accidents.

Earlier this month the site was named among some 80 'accident blackspots' in Bournemouth, locations where there have been seven or more crashes with people injured in the past five years.

The consultation runs until October 20, and will see a presentation at the next Hengistbury Residents’ Association meeting on Wednesday, October 4, at 7:30pm at St Nicholas Church, Broadway, Southbourne, as well as an exhibition at the same location on Tuesday, October 10, from 4-7pm.

A spokesman for the council said: "The proposed improvements at Tuckton roundabout aim to provide all road users with a safer and more accessible layout.

"We are currently running a public consultation on the proposals and would encourage residents, businesses and stakeholders to have their say on the proposals."

Earlier this year Southbourne councillor Robert Lawton said the borough must act to make the junction safer for pedestrians and cyclists, particularly as it is commonly used by youngsters walking to Twynham School.

The plans include altering entrance and exit points to the roundabout to slow traffic and reducing congestion outside Tesco Express by widening the carriageway, leaving more room for loading operations.

The council plans to create zebra crossings in all approach roads at the "desire line", where people are most likely to cross, and those in Tuckton Road and in Belle Vue Road by the Harvester pub will be raised to slow traffic.

The scheme will also provide "facilities for cyclists to bypass the roundabout", the council says.

In 2015 the roundabout was featured in the Best of British Roundabouts calendar put together by the UK Roundabout Appreciation Society (UKRAS).

Society president Kevin Beresford, known as the 'Lord of the Rings', said the junction "perfectly sums up what is so charming about the great British one-way gyratory".