Road Safety
In June 2008, a 44 km stretch of the A48 between Chepstow - Gloucester was named as the most dangerous road in the South West of England. This single carriageway stretch had 45 fatal and serious injury car accident collisions between 2004 and 2006, and was rated as medium risk in the EuroRAP report publish by the Road Safety Foundation.
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