UK's most dandergous roads
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And the top 10 list goes:
1) A889 - A86 to A9 (Dalwhinnie)
2) A537 - Macclesfield to Buxton
3) A12 - Romford to M25
4) A4137 - A49 to A40 Ross-on-Wye
5) A628 - Penistone to A616
6) A1001 - Hatfield
7) A534 - Nantwich to Welsh border
8) A533 - Runcorn to A56
9) A682 - A65 Long Preston to M65
10) A1306 - Aveley to M25
So comments on that lot then children ???
1) A889 - A86 to A9 (Dalwhinnie)
2) A537 - Macclesfield to Buxton
3) A12 - Romford to M25
4) A4137 - A49 to A40 Ross-on-Wye
5) A628 - Penistone to A616
6) A1001 - Hatfield
7) A534 - Nantwich to Welsh border
8) A533 - Runcorn to A56
9) A682 - A65 Long Preston to M65
10) A1306 - Aveley to M25
So comments on that lot then children ???
The A537 Macc to Buxton is very dangerous due to farmers putting diesel on the road and the constant presence of police helicopters. It is bad enough trying to stay on the road without the extra distractions and now to cap it all they have introduced a 50 limit. Good bikers now fall off because they are laying the bike over too far for the stupidly low speed. Macc Borough council are guilty of causing death by reckless road abuse. 
IIRC, the report also had figures for number of 'serious injuries and fatalities'.
The footnote also mentioned that these accidents were per BILLION car kilometres!
So on a 10km road (e.g. A533), you would need 100 million cars to go past to get this accident rate.
BTW on the same road they have just reduced the speed to 60mph in most places and 40mph at the main junctions!
>> Edited by M-Five on Monday 18th February 12:07
The footnote also mentioned that these accidents were per BILLION car kilometres!
So on a 10km road (e.g. A533), you would need 100 million cars to go past to get this accident rate.
BTW on the same road they have just reduced the speed to 60mph in most places and 40mph at the main junctions!
>> Edited by M-Five on Monday 18th February 12:07
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The A537 Macc to Buxton is very dangerous due to farmers putting diesel on the road and the constant presence of police helicopters.
Has anyone that crashed got onto (urgh!) Claims Direct, about the diesel?
If I came off my bike due to deliberately spilt diesel, when I got out of hospital I would go and investigate which farmer spilt the stuff, and then force them to drink a gallon of it.
And claim *that* was an accident. Carl, it's never that easy mate you always have big problems proving which bastard dumped it there and then getting plod to do anything is almost impossible. I speak from experience ok it wasn't diesal it was actually cow shit that had me off once. One of my friendly local farmers had been muck spreading and had failed to stop when he pulled out onto the A20 for his journey home of about 100yds, this was about 9 o'clock on a summer evening I had been down the road about 10 mins earlier and it was clear the muck I hit was across the road, on a crest with a sweeping left hander. Yes I was "going for it" and over the speed limit, I hit the shit while cranked over slid through it getting lower before the rear bit on tarmac again and high sided me across the opposite lane up the kerb and into trees, I walked away again having used more lives than Frank the cat with only a stiff neck and a bent bike. The end result was the insurance company paid out and claimed off the farmers NFU insurance (strangely both Norwich Union)and the old bill called the council out who put out a "Mud on road" sign. Don't hold yur breath about them doing FA unless your dead !!!!! I could have been easily.
Hard to believe some of those roads are so dangerous. Guess that's the point. A bit narrower than you think, bend a bit tighter than you reckoned ... meet someone else going the other way who made the same mistake and bang...
Most dangerous road I've ever seen is the B2244 in East Sussex .. used to be an A road but got downgraded as the council's briliant response to the number of fatalities. Its an old Roman road, as straight as ... but its got blind summits and drops down across a valley where it bends slightly as it narrows to cross a river and then narrows again 500m further on as it crosses another stream. Hedgerow is full of rotting flowers and wreaths.
Widen a bridge or downgrade the road ... what a f*cking disgrace.
Most dangerous road I've ever seen is the B2244 in East Sussex .. used to be an A road but got downgraded as the council's briliant response to the number of fatalities. Its an old Roman road, as straight as ... but its got blind summits and drops down across a valley where it bends slightly as it narrows to cross a river and then narrows again 500m further on as it crosses another stream. Hedgerow is full of rotting flowers and wreaths.
Widen a bridge or downgrade the road ... what a f*cking disgrace.
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The A537 Macc to Buxton is very dangerous due to farmers putting diesel on the road and the constant presence of police helicopters. It is bad enough trying to stay on the road without the extra distractions and now to cap it all they have introduced a 50 limit. Good bikers now fall off because they are laying the bike over too far for the stupidly low speed. Macc Borough council are guilty of causing death by reckless road abuse.
Well said nonegreen.
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The A537 Macc to Buxton is very dangerous due to farmers putting diesel on the road and the constant presence of police helicopters.
Has anyone that crashed got onto (urgh!) Claims Direct, about the diesel?
If I came off my bike due to deliberately spilt diesel, when I got out of hospital I would go and investigate which farmer spilt the stuff, and then force them to drink a gallon of it.
Not to my knowledge. I seem to recall a letter or report in the local paper about it but it was shouted down by the anti-bike/anti-speed/police etc. as would be expected.
Easier to blame the bikers isn't it?
Mel, very unlucky to crash, but lucky to get off so lightly! However my other comment stands. It would make the point though, wouldn't it? "Farmer forced to drink diesel after bike crash" or "Farmer forced to eat cow shit after crash".
Bet it would make them be a lot more careful in future.
Ha! this doesn't even apply solely to bikes. If you were hammering a sportscar through a bend, and ran over a load of shit or diesel - surely you could lose control and trash some expensive machinery?
Bet it would make them be a lot more careful in future.
Ha! this doesn't even apply solely to bikes. If you were hammering a sportscar through a bend, and ran over a load of shit or diesel - surely you could lose control and trash some expensive machinery?
Does anybody read RIDE magazine i think it was this month they do a thing called ride out in the back of the mag ,
Anyway the have a piece on the a352 which they say and has some nice bends ,which it does but also has inch thick mud round lyons gate that the poxy farmers cant be arsed to clear up and all this on an A road !and also there are potholes the size of a land rover to deal with so if anyone decides to to it take it easy out there !
Oh the B3157 coast road from Weymouth to Bridport is a blast !
Anyway the have a piece on the a352 which they say and has some nice bends ,which it does but also has inch thick mud round lyons gate that the poxy farmers cant be arsed to clear up and all this on an A road !and also there are potholes the size of a land rover to deal with so if anyone decides to to it take it easy out there !
Oh the B3157 coast road from Weymouth to Bridport is a blast !
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Does anybody read RIDE magazine i think it was this month they do a thing called ride out in the back of the mag ,
Anyway the have a piece on the a352 which they say and has some nice bends ,which it does but also has inch thick mud round lyons gate that the poxy farmers cant be arsed to clear up and all this on an A road !and also there are potholes the size of a land rover to deal with so if anyone decides to to it take it easy out there !
Oh the B3157 coast road from Weymouth to Bridport is a blast !
Article in the Scotsman this morning - farmer has successfully been prosecuted for leaving slurry on the road and causing the death of a van driver.
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Slurry blamed for crash
FARMERS could face massive damages claims after a sheriff ruled that spilt slurry led to the death of a postman.
Norrie Forsyth, 18, was killed when his Royal Mail van crashed after skidding on rain-soaked manure.
The Kilmarnock Sheriff, Colin Mackay, has issued his findings against the farmer who failed to clear the liquid , ruling: "Had he done so, he might have prevented the accident occurring."
The sheriff said although farmer Ian Smith had a pressure-wash system, his workers used a mechanical shovel to clear the road and rain later created a "very greasy road surface".
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