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AA names and shames UK's top ten killer roads
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• The Automobile Association has attacked the design of many of the UK's roads and has named the top 10 most dangerous roads across the country.
After comparing accident statistics on 800 roads across the UK, the AA has declared an eight-mile stretch of the A889 near Dalwhinnie in the Scottish Highlands to be the most dangerous in the country—it says it has an accident rate almost double that of any other.
The AA says drivers using this stretch of the single-carriageway road, which is known for its twisting, undulating course, are 14 times more likely to have an accident than aver
age. The motoring organisation contrasted accident numbers with the number of road users to establish the results.
It found that the UK's second worst road is the A537 'Cat and Fiddle' from Macclesfield to Buxton and the third worst road is the 4km stretch of the Al2 connecting Romford in Essex with the M25. The recently built 8.05km M49 from Bristol to the Severn Bridge was judged Britain's safest road.
John Dawson, AA policy director and chairman of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme), said simple road improvements could cut the number of deaths and serious injuries by 2,400.
"We cannot demand fivestar vehicles from manufacturers and then settle for one-star roads," he says.