Lincolnshire's Most Dangerous Roads Documentary

[tamsinwong]

Hey!

I'm working alongside East Coast Media and Channel Seven in order to create a 30 minute documentary on Lincolnshire's Most dangerous roads. I will be looking at some of the main roads in Lincolnshire to establish if they are potentially the most dangerous in the area. I will need to interview as many victims of either car crashes, people that have been hit by cars or people that have witnessed car crashes in the area.

Would anybody be will to talk to me about their experiences?

If you would like any further information, please do not hesitate in contacting me back.

Thank you for your time.

Tamsin Wong

[vescaegg]

No personal experiences but the Miss V grew up in Horncastle. The B1225 (Caistor High Street) and the A153 (which goes past Cadwell Park) are pretty well known for being dangerous. Many bikers use the roads (no wonder as they are both pretty awesome and one goes to Cadwell) but many also go too fast/get unlucky and some meet unfortunate ends....

Also, the A18...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/road-safety/78...

[james_tigerwoods]

I've worked and live in and around Lincolnshire for the past 15 years - I've used the A15 and North/Mid Lincolnshire extensively as well as other surrounding roads.

YHM

[miss10penceshort]

The A18 is well known for being dangerous, also Bradley Road coming out of Waltham has seen a fair few accidents over the years.

[james_tigerwoods]

The A15 is a classic BTW - Ignore the M180 as that's the dullest road in the history of dull roads.

[rlw]

There's no such thing as a dangerous road - its the tts that use them that cause the problems.

[tamsinwong]

Not only will I be looking at the roads that are thought to be the most dangerous, I will be exploring into the different reasons it is believed people have these collisons, sometimes, fatal crashes. For example, the roads, the behavior of the driver, the vehicles or weather conditions. Anything information/thoughts on this topic would be gratefully received.

Thanks, Tamsin

[mgmrw]

james_tigerwoods said:

The A15 is a classic BTW - Ignore the M180 as that's the dullest road in the history of dull roads.

This.

A15, 18, A1077.

M180 is only bad near Grimsby due to sleeping wagon drivers.



Lincs Wolds has a few "black spots"

it's rural, stuff happens.

[MrAdaam]

I nearly collided a few times on the way back from work yesterday night and that was on the A16. (Spilsby-Louth). These were only on the way from Ulceby Cross-Swaby area but were bloody close.

I was quite lucky to make it home!

[mgmrw]

tamsinwong said:

Not only will I be looking at the roads that are thought to be the most dangerous, I will be exploring into the different reasons it is believed people have these collisons, sometimes, fatal crashes. For example, the roads, the behavior of the driver, the vehicles or weather conditions. Anything information/thoughts on this topic would be gratefully received.

Thanks, Tamsin

Reasons:

> rural roads
> traffic
> some people use them as a "track" due to the flowing nature of them.

[Rude-boy]

It's the long straight wide ones that amuse me when travelling through.

It seems people have no idea how to judge Time/Speed/Distance and are either suicidal in their attempted overtakes or flash their lights like a disc despite the fact you are back on your side of the road, have pulled out a cigarette and lit it before they are even close enough for you to read their number plate.

Add to that the people who sit 2" from the rear of HGV's. Make no attempt to do anything when the road is clear and then as soon as you are alongside them try to pull out on you...

[mgmrw]

Rude-boy said:

Add to that the people who sit 2" from the rear of HGV's. Make no attempt to do anything when the road is clear and then as soon as you are alongside them try to pull out on you...

Lots of those.

1x clown in a CTR nearly had me and the OH in a ditch on the A18 on Wednesday night when he decided to pull out and overtake as I was alongside him

[mph1977]

rlw said:

There's no such thing as a dangerous road - its the tts that use them that cause the problems.

many roads in Lincolnshire even A class roads are little more than a poor tarmac surface covering the route of a medieval or before trackway , the roman roads at least have the advantage of being relatively straight and often with gradient adjustment etc. but many of the others are simply dangerous even if driven with care ...

[pwrc]

I have lived within walking distance of the A15 for most of my life and travel lincolnshire roads every day. While I have not been party to any accidents thankfully, I have often witnessed the aftermath around the area, usually on the A15.
I would say that the worst contributing factors in this area are:

-bad weather; especially out on the fens where it is flat, the wind and rain can be terrible
-poor road quality; often not so much the tarmac surface but the ground it is based upon, commonly very uneven surfaces
-poor road safety; a lot of roads around here are either lined with unprotected ditches (no barriers) or there are unmirrored bends without sufficient prior warning.
-the A15 has a lot of fast bends, often becoming suddenly sharp which catch people out and they end up in a ditch. The A15 can also get unnecessarily busy at peak hours which could be eased by better road planning around the towns that it passes through (although a lot more bypasses are popping up)
-The A15 and other A roads (A151 comes to mind) are often favorites of bikers and while most are responsible it is not uncommon to hear of bad accidents.

The accidents I have witnessed my area are mostly down to poor driving ability rather than the road quality, while some roads around here are a bit stupid, to their credit people do seem to drive accordingly and there are none that I could instantly condemn as dangerous.
Hope that helps