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The report found a third of serious crashes happened at junctions Half of all fatal road crashes occur on one-tenth of Britain's roads, according to charity the Road Safety Foundation.
Its report, covering 28,000 miles of A-roads and motorways, says Scotland has the highest risk highways, followed by parts of northern England.
It identified the A537 between Macclesfield, Cheshire, and Buxton, Derbyshire, as the most dangerous road.
The charity wants government spending to be targeted at improving safety on the most dangerous roads.
Its report, entitled Saving Lives for Less, suggests the high cost of emergency services and hospitals could be avoided by spending small sums in accident blackspots.
The foundation is the British arm of the European Road Assessment Programme, the sister organisation of EuroNCAP which measures car safety.
Junction danger It examined accident data relating to roads across Britain. Among its conclusions were:
Improved junctions and markings, along with resurfacing with high friction, anti-skid treatments, saw the number of serious accidents fell from 27 between 2003 and 2005 to seven in the following three years.
Foundation director Dr Joanne Hill said such simple, well-planned engineering measures were relatively inexpensive.
MOST DANGEROUS ROADS
"Not only can Britain reduce road deaths and serious injuries but, by targeting a relatively small mileage of high-risk roads, we can do so with good economic returns.
"Too often we pay for emergency services, hospitals and care for the disabled rather than taking easy steps to put road design faults right."
The report said the A537 through the Peak District, known as the Cat and Fiddle, had severe bends, steep falls from the carriageway and was edged by dry-stone walls or rock face for almost all its length.
Fatal and serious collisions on the route - popular with tourists, goods vehicles and motorcyclists - rose from 15 in the three years to 2005 to 34 between 2006 and 2008.
Most crashes happened at weekends during the summer in dry, daylight conditions.
The report also names the highest-risk roads when crashes involving motorcyclists are excluded, with a stretch of the A18 in North East Lincolnshire topping the list.
Most of these roads are single-carriageway A roads, with nine of the 10 in northern England.
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Post your Local Roads that are dangerous....highlight corners, bends, and dips!
Its report, covering 28,000 miles of A-roads and motorways, says Scotland has the highest risk highways, followed by parts of northern England.
It identified the A537 between Macclesfield, Cheshire, and Buxton, Derbyshire, as the most dangerous road.
The charity wants government spending to be targeted at improving safety on the most dangerous roads.
Its report, entitled Saving Lives for Less, suggests the high cost of emergency services and hospitals could be avoided by spending small sums in accident blackspots.
The foundation is the British arm of the European Road Assessment Programme, the sister organisation of EuroNCAP which measures car safety.
Junction danger It examined accident data relating to roads across Britain. Among its conclusions were:
- A third of all fatal and serious crashes happen at junctions
- Single roads carry six times the risk of motorways and twice that of dual carriageways
- One-in-four fatal or serious crash on A-roads or motorways involves a motorcyclist
- There was a 5% reduction in the number of fatal crashes on such roads in the last three years
- West Midlands is the safest region
Improved junctions and markings, along with resurfacing with high friction, anti-skid treatments, saw the number of serious accidents fell from 27 between 2003 and 2005 to seven in the following three years.
Foundation director Dr Joanne Hill said such simple, well-planned engineering measures were relatively inexpensive.
MOST DANGEROUS ROADS
- A537 Macclesfield to Buxton - Cheshire/Derbyshire
- A5012 Pikehall to Matlock - Derbyshire
- A621 Baslow to Totley - Derbyshire/South Yorkshire
- A625 Calver to Sheffield - South Yorkshire
- A54 Congleton to Buxton - Derbyshire
- A581 Rufford to Chorley - Lancashire
- A5004 Whaley Bridge to Buxton - Derbyshire
- A675 Blackburn to Preston - Lancashire
- A61 Barnsley to Wakefield - South/West Yorkshire
- A285 Chichester to Petworth - West Sussex
"Not only can Britain reduce road deaths and serious injuries but, by targeting a relatively small mileage of high-risk roads, we can do so with good economic returns.
"Too often we pay for emergency services, hospitals and care for the disabled rather than taking easy steps to put road design faults right."
The report said the A537 through the Peak District, known as the Cat and Fiddle, had severe bends, steep falls from the carriageway and was edged by dry-stone walls or rock face for almost all its length.
Fatal and serious collisions on the route - popular with tourists, goods vehicles and motorcyclists - rose from 15 in the three years to 2005 to 34 between 2006 and 2008.
Most crashes happened at weekends during the summer in dry, daylight conditions.
The report also names the highest-risk roads when crashes involving motorcyclists are excluded, with a stretch of the A18 in North East Lincolnshire topping the list.
Most of these roads are single-carriageway A roads, with nine of the 10 in northern England.
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Post your Local Roads that are dangerous....highlight corners, bends, and dips!
