Just as cars are assessed for safety by an independent regulator, so are our roads. This is done by the Road Safety Foundation which analyses the number of vehicle crashes on roads in England, Scotland and Wales.
Most of us drive on roads without a second thought about their safety record, but this is the kind of information you should be looking at when you're thinking of moving house, changing your job (and therefore commute), or even travelling to a holiday destination.
Britain's Top 10 persistently highest-risk routes 2016-2018
The EuroRAP network analysed consists of all British motorways and A roads, except for minor A roads within central London.
The roads are ordered by their EuroRAP risk rating, calculated by comparing the frequency of road crashes resulting in fatal or serious injury on every stretch of road with how much traffic each road is carrying.
| Road no. | Road authority | Description | EuroRAP risk rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| A496 | Gwynedd | Between the A470 in Blaenau Ffestiniog and the A487 near Maentwrog | 249 |
| A682 | 70% Lancashire 30% North Yorkshire | Between the A65 near Long Preston and Barnoldswick Road, Higherford | 184 |
| A6135 | 75% Barnsley 25% Sheffield | Between the A629 north of Ecclesfield and the A6195 north of Tankersley | 157 |
| A252 | Kent | Between the A20 in Charing and the A28 in Chilham | 153 |
| A272 | Hampshire | Between the A3 near Petersfield and the A30 north-west of Winchester | 122 |
| A645 | Wakefield | Between the A638 south-east of Wakefield and the A639 near Pontefract | 122 |
| A285 | West Sussex | Between the A27 near Chichester and the A272 in Petworth | 120 |
| A683 | Lancashire | Between the A6 in Lancaster and the A65 near Kirkby Lonsdale | 118 |
| A361 | Devon | Between the A377 south of Barnstaple and the A399 in Ilfracombe | 115 |
| A274 | Kent | Between the A229 south of Maidstone and the A262 in Biddenden | 113 |
