A54 road

A54 road
A54 road near Buxton in Derbyshire
Major junctions
From:	Chester
To:	Buxton
Location
Primary destinations:	Congleton, Winsford
Road network
Roads in the United Kingdom Motorways • A and B road zones

The A54 road is a road linking Chester in Cheshire, England with Buxton in Derbyshire. The road follows the route:

• Chester
• Winsford
• Middlewich
• Holmes Chapel
• Congleton
• Buxton

According to a report by the Road Safety Foundation for the European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP), the A54 is one of the most dangerous roads in the UK, second only to the A682 in Lancashire.^[1]

Again in 2008 the road was rated as one of the highest-risk roads in Great Britain by EuroRAP, with a risk rating of Medium to High on its most dangerous stretch between Buxton and Congleton. Eighteen fatal or serious-injury accidents occurred on this 24-kilometre (15 mi) stretch of single-carriageway road between 2003 and 2005, 26% of which were accidents at junctions.^[2]

See also

• Cat and Fiddle Road

References

v t e A roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain road numbering scheme A5 A50 A51 A52 A53 A54 A55 A56 A57 A58 A59 A500 A501 A505 A507 A508 A509 A511 A512 A514 A515 A518 A519 A523 A525 A527 A528 A529 A530 A531 A533 A535 A536 A537 A538 A540 A541 A555 A556 A562 A563 A565 A570 A572 A574 A580 A583 A584 A585 A586 A587 A588 A590 A591 A592 A594 (Leicester) (Cumbria) A595 A596 A5004 A5012 A5025 A5036 A5038 A5058 A5103 A5112 A5117 A5120 A5124 A5127 A5130 A5147 A5183 A5199 A5268 A5300 List of A roads in Zone 5 List of B roads in Zone 5

Coordinates: 53°11′57″N 2°21′16″W / 53.1991°N 2.35439°W / 53.1991; -2.35439

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