Rebecca

Piece in papers today about the most dangerous roads ....

Rural A-roads are the most dangerous with the risk of fatal and serious crashes frequently higher than on motorways, according to study by the Transport Research Laboratory. In contrast, 13 of the 20 safest roads were motorways.

The top 20 are:

A889 from A86 to A9, nr Dalwhinnie, Highlands
A537 Macclesfield-Buxton, Peak District
A12 Romford - M25 J28, Essex
A4137 Between A49 and A40, Herefordshire
A628 A616-Penistone, S. Yorkshire
A1 Hatfield, Herts
A534 Welsh border - Nantwich, Cheshire
A533 Runcorn - A56, Merseyside
A682 M56 J13 - A65 Long Preston, N. Yorkshire
A5 Daventry - M1 J18, Northants
A99 Wick - A9m nr Latheron, Highlands
A1 London North Circular - M1 J2
A82 Tyndrum - Tarbet, Highlands
A54 Buxton - Congleton, Cheshire
A5223 M54 - A442, at Wellington, Shropshire
A1065 Swaffham - Fakenham, Norfolk
A631 Gainsborough - A1103, Lincs
A43 Corby - Stamford, Lincs
A41 M1 J5 - M25, Herts
A1028 A16 - A158, nr Skegness, Lincs


(I use at least two of them regularly )

Olly

Me too. I'm a Macc lad. The A537 Macclesfield-Buxton road (otherwise known as the Cat & Fiddle) is an absolute classic, but has gained a reputation thanks to hundereds of bikers coming from all over the place to ride the road, many of whom have sadly come to grief. Now very heavily policed, especially on sunny Sundays.

BOB.T

A682 M56 J13 - A65 Long Preston, N. Yorkshire Just up the road from me, I'll go check it out, for research purposes... or not perhaps, on recent performances

Bob

Brendan Hughes

So, 90mph limits soon then?

ChrisB

A534 Welsh border - Nantwich, Cheshire

Regular trip for me - excellent run out in the Scooby. Not seen a crash yet although I've witnessed some risky overtakes by frustrated drivers.

father_jack

Are these in order?

So Scotland is no.1 yet again ........

Anyone seen the signs on the A9 warning how many fatalities there have been that year - just like Anarchy Road in Mad Max.

Robertio

iTrader: (1)

I don't think I've been on the No. 1 road, somehow Must make a conscious effort to drive it the next time I have a car, see if it obvious why. Having just seen pictures of it on the news, and it is hardly a surprise, single lanes with blind crests (and corners), not normally a good combination.

There is absolutely no reason for the A99 to be dangerous, I have driven it hundreds of times, and never considered it to be a danger to road users.

The A82 is only dangerous to stupid drivers, I use it on a fairly regular basis, and half the drivers appear to have had an intelligence bypass (thou shalt not overtake brigade).

I am very confused as to how the A96 managed to avoid being listed, as IMHO is far worse than others on the list.

father jack, yep seen those signs, the A1 is even worse for them, there seemed to be a sign every couple of miles, I was beginning to wonder if anyone ever made it off the road alive

boomer

If this is the survey that the AA have claimed to have done (all news channels, today!), then the results are based on the road's length, number of vehicles and number of accidents - so plenty of room for playing with statistics!!!

Anyone know the raw data (such as accidents per mile per million vehicles etc.)?

mb

Rebecca

Father Jack,

yes they are in order ...

Boomer,

did have that info ... don't think I've got it now ... sorry