Road Safety Week: Edinburgh has some of the worst roads in the UK 

This Road Safety Week it’s revealed Edinburgh has some of the worst roads in the UK 

This Road Safety Week, data from consumer law company, Slater and Gordon, highlights the most damaged roads in the UK.  

Slater and Gordon surveyed 1,444 road users across the UK and asked them to rate how damaged the roads were in their local area.  

Cardiff has been revealed as the city with the worst roads in the UK with 65.4% of people saying their roads are “bad” or “terrible” with Plymouth coming out as having the best roads in the UK. The full list of cities ranked on how many people described their roads as “bad” or “awful” is: 

·       Cardiff 65.4% 

·       Sheffield, 62.2% 

·       Bristol, 54.2% 

·       Glasgow, 52.2% 

·       Edinburgh, 50.9% 

·       Norwich, 50% 

·       Manchester, 49.6% 

·       Belfast, 47.9% 

·       Liverpool, 47.7% 

·       London, 47.3% 

·       Brighton, 47.1% 

·       Birmingham, 45.3% 

·       Nottingham, 43.2% 

·       Southampton, 42.6% 

·       Leeds, 39.3% 

·       Newcastle, 37.1% 

·       Plymouth, 30.3% 

In fact, only 3.6% of people in Edinburgh would describe the condition of their roads as “excellent”. 47% of people in the city said they felt more could be done to ensure that any damage to the road that isn’t immediately fixed is communicated to road users and 33% admit that they feel roads in Edinburgh are more dangerous due to problems being ignored by local authorities. 

35% of road users in Edinburgh have sustained damage to their car due to potholes whilst only 68% reported the damage so it wouldn’t happen to anyone else.  

Nicholas Hagi-Savva, senior associate at Slater and Gordon, said: “Even if you follow all the rules of the road, there may be external factors, such as ice or potholes which can both increase your chances of having a collision. This is of increasing importance as road conditions worsen approaching winter. 

“This Road Safety Week, we want to instil in people how important it is to protect not only themselves, but other and potentially more vulnerable road users. Accidents will, of course, always happen but by raising awareness of the data this Road Safety Week, we really hope that people are more aware of their surroundings and our roads are made as safe as possible.” 

For more information on Slater and Gordon, visit www.slatergordon.co.uk.