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Britain’s most Dangerous
(26-05-07) - The A682 in Lancashire has been named as the country’s worst road by safety experts.
The 15 mile stretch which between junction 13 of the M65 and Long Preston has seen almost 100 deaths or serious injuries in the last decade.
The report by the Road Safety Foundation for the European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) said that “the death-toll on this stretch of road is the equivalent of five major rail crashes within 10 years”.
However, Dr Joanne Hill, head researcher at EuroRAP said: “The good news from the survey is that many of Britain’s authorities have brought in countermeasures to tackle the higher risk routes in their areas.
“Most are quick, simple and cheap, involving little more than adopting modern signing, hazard markings and junction layouts,” she added, but lack of funding has meant that these measures have not been implemented on a scale that could make a difference on the A682.
In the last year for which national statistics are available, 271,017 were killed or injured, with 61 per cent of road deaths outside of built-up areas.
John Dawson, EuroRAP chairman said: “Cutting road deaths requires combined action to improve driver behaviour, to improve vehicle crash performance, and to provide safety features on the roads themselves. We need five star drivers in five star cars on five star roads.”
