A53 road
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A54
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The A53 is a
primary route in the English Midlands, that runs from Buxton in Derbyshire to Shrewsbury in Shropshire
.
Route of Road
The A53 begins in the centre of Buxton off the
Battlefield
. The 1.9 km section to the south-west of Shawbury was bypassed in the 1950s - the original A53 road runs adjacent to Shawbury Heath and is now an unclassified country lane.
The road is single carriageway apart from a 1-mile (1.6 km) section of dual carriageway between the A500 and Stoke-on-Trent City Centre (Hanley).
Road safety
The A53 has been reported as a high risk road for several years. According to a report done by the Road Safety Foundation for the European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP), the A53 is one of the most dangerous roads in the UK.[1]
In June 2008, a 12-mile (19 km) stretch of the A53 between Leek and Buxton was named as the most dangerous road in the West Midlands.motorcyclists.
References
- ^ "'Most dangerous' roads revealed". bbc.com. 25 June 2007.
- ^ Highest risk road sections in each UK Government Office Region (2004–2006) Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ A53 IS WEST MIDLAND'S MOST DANGEROUS ROAD[permanent dead link]
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to A53 road (England).
KML is from Wikidata
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