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Insurer calls for action on most dangerous roads
Insurance provider yesinsurance.co.uk is calling for action to reduce the risks posed by the UK’s most dangerous roads, such as the A682 in Yorkshire, the A54 in Derbyshire, and the A84 in Scotland.
The installation of crash barriers and realignment of junctions, combined with improvements in traffic signing and white-lining, are identified by the insurance provider as the most beneficial improvements that can be made to high-risk stretches of road.
EuroRAP, the European Road Assessment Programme, identifies the UK’s three most dangerous roads as:
* A682: identified as the most dangerous road in Britain. From junction 13 on the M65 to the A65 at Long Preston, North Yorkshire, there were 27 fatal/serious collisions on this 24 km stretch of the A682 during the survey period (2001-3).
* A54: From Congleton in Cheshire to Buxton, Derbyshire, there were 20 fatal/serious collisions on this 24 km stretch of road.
* A84: From junction 10 on the M9 to Lochearnhead in Scotland there were 29 fatal/serious collisions on this 44km stretch of the A84.
Others in the list of the highest risk roads were: the A59 Skipton to Harrogate road in Yorkshire; the A53 from Leek in Staffordshire to Buxton, Derbyshire; the A62 from Oldham to Huddersfield; the A44 from Leominster to Worcester; the A65 from Long Preston to junction 36 on the M6; and the A631 from Gainsborough to the A1103.
Posted
: 23/06/2007 19:44:07
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