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.
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. This single carriageway stretch had 14 fatal and serious injury collisions between 2003 and 2005, and was rated as Red—the second highest risk band—in the EuroRAP report publish by the Road Safety Foundation.
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