10 Most Dangerous Roads in the UK

An annual report named 'How Safe Are You On Britain's Roads?'.by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF) a UK road safety charity, has revealed the 10 most dangerous UK roads.

 

The most dangerous road at number 1 on the list is the A285 between Chichester and Petworth, Fatal and serious crashes increased by 16 per cent on this 12-mile stretch over a five year period from 2007 and 2012, making it Britain's most dangerous road.

The charity acknowledged the difficulties facing the A285. It said a "more reaching intervention" is required if the local government is to improve the situation, adding that previous measures had been inadequate.

The report was not all doom and gloom. It discovered councils who scheduled cost efficient safety measures in conjunction with standard road maintenance managed to reduce fatal and serous crashes by an impressive 80 per cent on 15 stretches of roads.

Even more impressive is the fact that these enormous reductions were worth a staggering £400 million to the economy. Motorways, meanwhile, witnessed a 20 per cent decrease in fatal and serious crashes.

Some other negative findings of the report are worth a mention. It is now understood that motorcyclists make up only one per cent of traffic but 21 per cent of fatal crashes. Also the risk to road users is seven times greater on single-carriage A roads than motorways.

RSF chairman Lord Whitty said: "We can no longer accept sudden, violent road death as such a significant cause of premature loss of life. The Government must design, plan and legislate to put safety on roads on the same footing as safety in the air, sea or on rail."
The Top 10 is as follows:

1. A285 between Chichester and Petworth 
2. A809 Glasgow to A811 
3. A397 Montrsoe to A90 (Laurencekirk) 
4. A18 Laceby to Ludborough 
5. A6 M6 J33 to Lancaster 
6. A61 Wakefield to M1 J44 
7. A36 A3090 to Totton 
8. A589 Full route around lancaster 
9. A643 Brighthouse to Morley 
10. A4300 Full route through Kettering

Another way to keep yourself safer and more aware of the roads you travel on and their dangers is to get  a Road Angel Gem and have it tell you where the blackspots are! Simple really