'Most dangerous roads' in Britain

SpaceBadger
SpaceBadger Posts: 113
edited June 2010 in Commuting chat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10454356.stm

Anyone encounter any of these bad boys on their bike commute? :shock:
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  • Clarion
    Clarion Posts: 223
    The roads aren't dangerous. The way idiots drive along them is.

    Never actually commuted on any of them, but I know the Derbyshire roads pretty well, and I've driven along that section of the A61(I put a lot of effort into avoiding it by bike)
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    I'd like to point out that those of us who cycle in Derbyshire are clearly 'ARD! 8)
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  • Kiblams
    Kiblams Posts: 2,423
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    I'd like to point out that those of us who cycle in Derbyshire are clearly 'ARD! 8)

    +1 :wink:
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  • Buckled_Rims
    Buckled_Rims Posts: 1,648
    Some strange results. Here's the pdf maps of the regions for those interested.

    http://www.eurorap.org/news_item?search=y&ID=370


    In my region, the A19 between Newcastle and Middlesbrough is considered safe, yet I personally know 2 people who were killed on the A19 in the last 10 years and there's always loads of accidents.

    the A69 has a low-medium rating yet it scares the hell out of me on the single lane sections where other drivers try and overtake you, tail-gate and do the most stupid things to save themselves 10 seconds on a journey.
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  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    It`s not a commute but i go on the A581 Rufford to Chorley occasionally so it`s not good to see it on the list. It seems ok for cycling to me, hopefully it`s just cars losing control on the sharp bends.
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Buckled_Rims wrote:
    Some strange results. Here's the pdf maps of the regions for those interested.

    http://www.eurorap.org/news_item?search=y&ID=370


    In my region, the A19 between Newcastle and Middlesbrough is considered safe, yet I personally know 2 people who were killed on the A19 in the last 10 years and there's always loads of accidents.

    the A69 has a low-medium rating yet it scares the hell out of me on the single lane sections where other drivers try and overtake you, tail-gate and do the most stupid things to save themselves 10 seconds on a journey.

    The A69 was the most dangerous road on the list a couple of years back. I think they've gone some way towards improving it.
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