A53 road

A53
A53
Route information
Length	55.1 mi (88.7 km)
History	1920s (Constructed)
Major junctions
North end	Buxton; 53°15′33″N 1°54′24″W / 53.259216°N 1.906576°W
South end	Shrewsbury; 52°44′48″N 2°43′03″W / 52.746671°N 2.717386°W
Location
Primary; destinations	Leek; Stoke-on-Trent ; Newcastle-under-Lyme
Road network
	Roads in the United Kingdom; Motorways; A and B road zones;

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 A6 road, before meeting the A515 road at a roundabout. Out of the town, it has a junction with the A54 road (to Congleton) before continuing in a south-westerly direction. It crosses the border into the county of Staffordshire, and after leaving the Peak District travels through the town of Leek. It meets the A523 road (to Macclesfield) and the A520 road (to Stone). It crosses the Caldon Canal and travels through the Stoke-on-Trent conurbation, including Hanley and Newcastle-under-Lyme, where it meets a number of major routes such as the A50 road (to Derby), the A500 "D-Road," the Winchester-Salford A34 and the A525 road (to Whitchurch). It crosses the M6 motorway and goes through the village of Ashley. It crosses the border into Shropshire, and bypasses the town of Market Drayton, and passes the Müller factory. It meets the A41 road (to Wolverhampton) at a roundabout, then meets the A442 road (to Telford). It goes through the village of Shawbury, before it terminates at its junction with the A49 road, 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Shrewsbury town centre at Battlefield.

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.^[2]^[3] This single carriageway stretch had fourteen 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. The challenging character of this section of road makes it attractive to 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[]

Route map:

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[1] "'Most dangerous' roads revealed". bbc.com. 25 June 2007.

[2] Highest risk road sections in each UK Government Office Region (2004–2006) Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[3] A53 IS WEST MIDLAND'S MOST DANGEROUS ROAD^{[permanent dead link]}

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v t 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 A516 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 A593 A594 Leicester Cumbria A595 A596
	A5004 A5012 A5025 A5036 A5038 A5058 A5100 A5103 A5109 A5112 A5114 A5117 A5120 A5124 A5127 A5130 A5135 A5147 A5150 A5183 A5199 A5268 A5300 A5758
	B5289 B5300 B5302 B5470
List of A roads in Zone 5 List of B roads in Zone 5