The A54 road is a road linking Chester in Cheshire, England with Buxton in Derbyshire. According to a report done 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.
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. This 24 km stretch of single carriageway road suffered 18 fatal and serious injury accidents between 2003 and 2005, 26% of which were accidents at junctions, and 96 per cent involving bikers.
Most hauliers will recommend bypassing this stretch of road altogether and taking the A537 and A556, both of which are much quieter roads between the two destinations. Like the A5012, the A54 may be dangerous, but it is also a very scenic road. Many drivers refer to it as the River Dane road as when you carry out your delivery work on this stretch you'll be following the road of the River Dane.
