A537 between Macclesfield, Cheshire, and Buxton, Derbyshire, known locally as The Cat and Fiddle
A5012 from Pikehall to Matlock, Derbyshire
A682 from M65 Nelson, Lancashire to Long Preston, Yorkshire
A621 From Baslow, Derbyshire to Totley, Sheffield
A530 From Whitchurch, Shropshire to Nantwich, Cheshire
A285 From Chichester to Petworth, West Sussex
A6075 From New Ollerton to Tuxford Nottinghamshire A54 From Congleton, Cheshire, to Buxton, Derbyshire
A5004 From Whaley Bridge to Buxton, Derbyshire
A588 From Skippool to Lancaster
Source: The Road Safety Foundation
The Foundation said the government should spend more money to improve safety on the roads but the attitude of motorists also needed to change.
Dr Steve Lawson, acting director at the charity, said: “A lot has been done to remove the racetrack mentality and target resources to tackle anti-social and illegal use of the road.”
However, he added one possible reason why the accident figures had not fallen was because “there may also be an element of risk compensation among some road users, where risk taking has increased as the road has been improved.”
No roads are dangerous if drivers drive according to the type of road and the road conditions.There are a lot of roads totally unsuitable for heavy traffic but unfortunately some drivers have no patience and will not slow down.Then when they have a near miss or an accident they blame the road.
If you cannot be patient and drive to the conditions keep off that particular road or better still find alternative employment.
I’m going to AGREE with Albion! no road is dangerous, it’s just lying there minding it’s own business! along come licence holders and steering wheel attendants who DONALD DUCK it up! guns don’t kill people, PEOPLE do!
albion1971:
No roads are dangerous if drivers drive according to the type of road and the road conditions.There are a lot of roads totally unsuitable for heavy traffic but unfortunately some drivers have no patience and will not slow down.Then when they have a near miss or an accident they blame the road.
If you cannot be patient and drive to the conditions keep off that particular road or better still find alternative employment.
Just out of interest, have you ever had an accident, or even scratched a vehicle?
With all those dangerous roads around me I’d better have a career change! The only dangerous thing about them Dave is when the city folk come over the hills at the weekend ,my friend is a fireman I know he has collected heads in helmets and boots with feet in on some of the above roads,thing is they ruin the roads for the rest of us .
Quite agree Dan, its the drivers that have the accidents and should drive accordingly to the road and conditions.
I just took the item from a newspaper to see what others think.
Cheers Dave.
1 2 4 8 & 9 on that list of roads are all local to me , i never had any problem with any of them over the years ( via gellia can be exciting when it is icy ) . if you respect the roads there will never be a problem . apart from the thrill seekers , everyone these days seems to think they are jenson button or lewis hamilton without regard for the poor people coming the other way .
Dan Punchard:
With all those dangerous roads around me I’d better have a career change! The only dangerous thing about them Dave is when the city folk come over the hills at the weekend ,my friend is a fireman I know he has collected heads in helmets and boots with feet in on some of the above roads,thing is they ruin the roads for the rest of us .
Hiya Dan…odd is’nt it, old Burf(mad as a march hare) went over to where Dave the Renagde lives and crashed.
he never come to the disaster around Ashbourne area,then lost it in wales.very sad
John
North Wales.
I remember when this list came out a few years ago, seems a regular issue, and Central News were interviewing bikers about the spate of accident’s on both the A6 from Ambergate to Cromford and the Via Gellia. One biking pillock said that he could easily do the ton+ on the A6 (fifty is the max limit!) and that they were the finest roads in England to test their riding skills on and that the thrill was worth the risk. The trouble is that they usually take somebody innocent with them when they ultimately pile up.
As Dan knows, the main route East from our quarry,(Ballidon) Ben Bennets, Ivonbrook and Longcliffe involved the Via Gellia and it was very rare that any local ‘heavies’ came to grief on it as they treated it with respect.
Just shows how effective speed cameras are. There are plenty on the Cat and Fiddle and have been years and that 's just the permanent ones. Yet it still comes out as the road with the worst record.
On a bike i much prefer the A54 Buxton to Congelton.
Dan Punchard:
Funny how it doesn’t mention the hazard bend pete ? "Anybody comin through the trees come back "!
Ah 'Big Tilly lives on! Now that WAS a dodgy road Dan, especially coming from the Bentley end where you eased over a foot and found your wheels on the edge of a twenty foot drop! You could also lose a mirror weekly especially when wet and the trees hung low. Again the locals respected it (apart from a certain skip hire company!!) and kept out of trouble, strangers were generally scared of it though. Thousands of tons a week went along there. A lot better nowadays I reckon, and hardly any traffic on it?
knight:
Just shows how effective speed cameras are. There are plenty on the Cat and Fiddle and have been years and that 's just the permanent ones. Yet it still comes out as the road with the worst record.
On a bike i much prefer the A54 Buxton to Congelton.
Hiya the camera,s in the sky. the lense has a good zoom aswell. there used to be a unmarked police BMW bike with
cameras faceing backwards and forwards. it was used to catch cars aswell.
John
Could make an alternative list from any area of the UK,here in Wales we have
A5 Llangollen through Betws-y-Coed and beyond.
A483 Llandovery to Builth Wells.
A470 Caersws to Cemmaes Road.
A477 South to North Wales coast road.
A481 Forest Inn to Builth Wells.
A44 Llangurig to Aberystwyth.
Plus many more.
Dan Punchard:
With all those dangerous roads around me I’d better have a career change! The only dangerous thing about them Dave is when the city folk come over the hills at the weekend ,my friend is a fireman I know he has collected heads in helmets and boots with feet in on some of the above roads,thing is they ruin the roads for the rest of us .
Hiya Dan…odd is’nt it, old Burf(mad as a march hare) went over to where Dave the Renagde lives and crashed.
he never come to the disaster around Ashbourne area,then lost it in wales.very sad
John
North Wales.
Hi John my dad says it wasn’t coming off that killed burf ,but it was when the bike hit him after.
Dave the Renegade:
Could make an alternative list from any area of the UK,here in Wales we have
A5 Llangollen through Betws-y-Coed and beyond.
A483 Llandovery to Builth Wells.
A470 Caersws to Cemmaes Road.
A477 South to North Wales coast road.
A481 Forest Inn to Builth Wells.
A44 Llangurig to Aberystwyth.
Plus many more.
A lot of them roads are really narrow especially the A5 Liangollen/Betws-y-Coed trucks pass each other with a ■■■ papers width between em! we used to take pet food from March to a little farm in Betws-y-Coed and it could be arse clenching stuff sometimes.
A54 From Congleton, Cheshire, to Buxton, Derbyshire
along come licence holders and steering wheel attendants who DONALD DUCK it up! 
The trouble is that they usually take somebody innocent with them when they ultimately pile up. 
Now that WAS a dodgy road Dan, especially coming from the Bentley end where you eased over a foot and found your wheels on the edge of a twenty foot drop! 
You could also lose a mirror weekly especially when wet and the trees hung low. Again the locals respected it (apart from a certain skip hire company!!) and kept out of trouble, strangers were generally scared of it though. Thousands of tons a week went along there. A lot better nowadays I reckon, and hardly any traffic on it?
we used to take pet food from March to a little farm in Betws-y-Coed and it could be arse clenching stuff sometimes.