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.header-ISR{background:#007e00;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-ISR-freeway{background:#0000fe;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-JPN{background:#0066b3;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-JPN-Exp{background:#005d35;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-KOS{background:#06c;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-KOS-R,.mw-parser-output .header-PHL{background:#093;color:#fff}.mw-parser-output .header-MDG{background:#fff;color:#af1e2d;border:2px solid #000}.mw-parser-output .header-NOR{background:#f2a900}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div style="margin:0 0 4px 0"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_road_A53.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A53 shield" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UK_road_A53.svg/122px-UK_road_A53.svg.png" decoding="async" width="122" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UK_road_A53.svg/183px-UK_road_A53.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/UK_road_A53.svg/244px-UK_road_A53.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></a></span></div> A53</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A53_road_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/A53_road_map.png/200px-A53_road_map.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="340" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/A53_road_map.png 1.5x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="425" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Stake_Gutter_milepost_in_its_setting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1381411.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The Stake Gutter milepost in its setting - geograph.org.uk - 1381411.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/The_Stake_Gutter_milepost_in_its_setting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1381411.jpg/290px-The_Stake_Gutter_milepost_in_its_setting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1381411.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/The_Stake_Gutter_milepost_in_its_setting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1381411.jpg/435px-The_Stake_Gutter_milepost_in_its_setting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1381411.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/The_Stake_Gutter_milepost_in_its_setting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1381411.jpg/580px-The_Stake_Gutter_milepost_in_its_setting_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1381411.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-primary">Route information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">55.1 mi (88.7 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1920s (Constructed)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-primary"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Major junctions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">North end</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/UK_road_A6.svg/36px-UK_road_A6.svg.png" decoding="async" width="36" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/UK_road_A6.svg/54px-UK_road_A6.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/UK_road_A6.svg/72px-UK_road_A6.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="286" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A6_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A6 road (Great Britain)">A6</a> at <a href="/wiki/Buxton" title="Buxton">Buxton</a><br /><small><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=A53_road&params=53.259216_N_1.906576_W_type:landmark_region:GB&title=A53%2C+northern+terminus"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">53°15′33″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°54′24″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">53.259216°N 1.906576°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">53.259216; -1.906576</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">A53, northern terminus</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="display:none;">Major intersections</span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/UK_road_A54.svg/49px-UK_road_A54.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/UK_road_A54.svg/73px-UK_road_A54.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/UK_road_A54.svg/98px-UK_road_A54.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A54_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A54 road (Great Britain)">A54</a><br /> <p><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/UK_road_A500.svg/62px-UK_road_A500.svg.png" decoding="async" width="62" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/UK_road_A500.svg/92px-UK_road_A500.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/UK_road_A500.svg/123px-UK_road_A500.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A500_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A500 road (Great Britain)">A500</a><br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/UK_road_A34.svg/49px-UK_road_A34.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/UK_road_A34.svg/73px-UK_road_A34.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/UK_road_A34.svg/98px-UK_road_A34.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A34_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A34 road (Great Britain)">A34</a><br /> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/UK_road_A51.svg/44px-UK_road_A51.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/UK_road_A51.svg/65px-UK_road_A51.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/UK_road_A51.svg/87px-UK_road_A51.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="345" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A51_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A51 road (Great Britain)">A51</a><br /> </p> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/UK_road_A41.svg/44px-UK_road_A41.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/UK_road_A41.svg/65px-UK_road_A41.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/UK_road_A41.svg/87px-UK_road_A41.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="345" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A41_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A41 road (Great Britain)">A41</a><br /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">South end</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/UK_road_A49.svg/49px-UK_road_A49.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/UK_road_A49.svg/73px-UK_road_A49.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/UK_road_A49.svg/98px-UK_road_A49.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A49_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A49 road (Great Britain)">A49</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/UK_road_A5112.svg/64px-UK_road_A5112.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/UK_road_A5112.svg/96px-UK_road_A5112.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/UK_road_A5112.svg/128px-UK_road_A5112.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="190" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A5112_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A5112 road (Great Britain)">A5112</a> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/UK_road_A5124.svg/69px-UK_road_A5124.svg.png" decoding="async" width="69" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/UK_road_A5124.svg/104px-UK_road_A5124.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/UK_road_A5124.svg/138px-UK_road_A5124.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="190" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A5124_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A5124 road (Great Britain)">A5124</a> at <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury" title="Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a><br /><small><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=A53_road&params=52.746671_N_2.717386_W_type:landmark_region:GB&title=A53%2C+northern+terminus"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°44′48″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°43′03″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.746671°N 2.717386°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.746671; -2.717386</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">A53, northern terminus</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></small></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-primary"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Primary_status" class="mw-redirect" title="Primary status">Primary<br />destinations</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Leek,_Staffordshire" title="Leek, Staffordshire">Leek</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Newcastle-under-Lyme" title="Newcastle-under-Lyme">Newcastle-under-Lyme</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header header-primary">Road network</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Roads_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Roads in the United Kingdom">Roads in the United Kingdom</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_motorways_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of motorways in the United Kingdom">Motorways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_roads_zones_in_Great_Britain" title="List of roads zones in Great Britain">A and B road zones</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1241597584">.mw-parser-output .browse-table{width:100%;background:none;border-collapse:collapse;display:table;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .browse-table+.browse-table,.mw-parser-output .browse-table+link+.browse-table,.mw-parser-output .browse-table+style+.browse-table{margin-top:3px}.mw-parser-output .browse-table td{padding:0;border:none;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .browse-table tr:not(:first-child) td{padding-top:3px}</style><table class="browse-table"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:left">← <span style="display:inline-block"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/UK_road_A52.svg/24px-UK_road_A52.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/UK_road_A52.svg/36px-UK_road_A52.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/UK_road_A52.svg/48px-UK_road_A52.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A52_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A52 road (Great Britain)">A52</a></span></td><td style="padding-right:3px;padding-left:3px;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap"></td><td style="text-align:right;direction:rtl">→ <span style="display:inline-block"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/UK_road_A54.svg/24px-UK_road_A54.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/UK_road_A54.svg/36px-UK_road_A54.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/UK_road_A54.svg/48px-UK_road_A54.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="191" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/A54_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A54 road (Great Britain)">A54</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>A53</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Primary_route" class="mw-redirect" title="Primary route">primary route</a> in the English Midlands, that runs from <a href="/wiki/Buxton" title="Buxton">Buxton</a> in <a href="/wiki/Derbyshire" title="Derbyshire">Derbyshire</a> to <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury" title="Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Route_of_Road">Route of Road</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A53_road&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Route of Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The A53 begins in the centre of Buxton off the <a href="/wiki/A6_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A6 road (Great Britain)">A6 road</a>, before meeting the <a href="/wiki/A515_road" title="A515 road">A515 road</a> at a <a href="/wiki/Roundabout" title="Roundabout">roundabout</a>. Out of the town, it has a junction with the <a href="/wiki/A54_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A54 road (Great Britain)">A54 road</a> (to <a href="/wiki/Congleton" title="Congleton">Congleton</a>) before continuing in a south-westerly direction. It crosses the border into the county of <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>, and after leaving the <a href="/wiki/Peak_District" title="Peak District">Peak District</a> travels through the town of <a href="/wiki/Leek,_Staffordshire" title="Leek, Staffordshire">Leek</a>. It meets the <a href="/wiki/A523_road" title="A523 road">A523 road</a> (to <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield" title="Macclesfield">Macclesfield</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/A520_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A520 road">A520 road</a> (to <a href="/wiki/Stone,_Staffordshire" title="Stone, Staffordshire">Stone</a>). It crosses the <a href="/wiki/Caldon_Canal" title="Caldon Canal">Caldon Canal</a> and travels through the <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a> conurbation, including <a href="/wiki/Hanley,_Staffordshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanley, Staffordshire">Hanley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newcastle-under-Lyme" title="Newcastle-under-Lyme">Newcastle-under-Lyme</a>, where it meets a number of major routes such as the <a href="/wiki/A50_road" title="A50 road">A50 road</a> (to <a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a>), the <a href="/wiki/A500_road" title="A500 road">A500 "D-Road,"</a> the Winchester-Salford <a href="/wiki/A34_road" title="A34 road">A34</a> and the <a href="/wiki/A525_road" title="A525 road">A525 road</a> (to <a href="/wiki/Whitchurch,_Shropshire" title="Whitchurch, Shropshire">Whitchurch</a>). It crosses the <a href="/wiki/M6_motorway" title="M6 motorway">M6 motorway</a> and goes through the village of <a href="/wiki/Ashley,_Staffordshire" title="Ashley, Staffordshire">Ashley</a>. It crosses the border into Shropshire, and <a href="/wiki/Bypass_route" class="mw-redirect" title="Bypass route">bypasses</a> the town of <a href="/wiki/Market_Drayton" title="Market Drayton">Market Drayton</a>, and passes the <a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCller_(company)" title="Müller (company)">Müller</a> factory. It meets the <a href="/wiki/A41_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A41 road (Great Britain)">A41 road</a> (to <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton" title="Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a>) at a roundabout, then meets the <a href="/wiki/A442_road" title="A442 road">A442 road</a> (to <a href="/wiki/Telford" title="Telford">Telford</a>). It goes through the village of <a href="/wiki/Shawbury" title="Shawbury">Shawbury</a>, before it terminates at its junction with the <a href="/wiki/A49_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A49 road (Great Britain)">A49 road</a>, 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Shrewsbury town centre at <a href="/wiki/Battlefield,_Shrewsbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Battlefield, Shrewsbury">Battlefield</a>. The 1.9 km section to the south-west of Shawbury was bypassed in the 1950s - the original A53 road runs adjacent to Shawbury Heath and is now an unclassified country lane. </p><p>The road is single carriageway apart from a 1-mile (1.6 km) section of <a href="/wiki/Dual_carriageway" title="Dual carriageway">dual carriageway</a> between the A500 and Stoke-on-Trent City Centre (Hanley). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Road_safety">Road safety</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A53_road&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Road safety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/EuroRAP" title="EuroRAP">EuroRAP</a> report publish by the Road Safety Foundation. The challenging character of this section of road makes it attractive to <a href="/wiki/Motorcyclists" class="mw-redirect" title="Motorcyclists">motorcyclists</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A53_road&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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href="http://www.eurorap.org/library/pdfs/20080627_GB_High_RISK_Regional.pdf">Highest risk road sections in each UK Government Office Region (2004–2006)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210151407/http://www.eurorap.org/library/pdfs/20080627_GB_High_RISK_Regional.pdf">Archived</a> 10 February 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thisisthesentinel.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=158767&command=displayContent&sourceNode=158593&contentPK=20982178&folderPk=87654&pNodeId=158324">A53 IS WEST MIDLAND'S MOST DANGEROUS ROAD</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged September 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title="A527 road">A527</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A528_road" title="A528 road">A528</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A529_road" title="A529 road">A529</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A530_road" title="A530 road">A530</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A531_road" title="A531 road">A531</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A533_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A533 road">A533</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A535_road" title="A535 road">A535</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A536_road" title="A536 road">A536</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A537_road" title="A537 road">A537</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A538_road" title="A538 road">A538</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A540_road" title="A540 road">A540</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A541_road" title="A541 road">A541</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A555_road" title="A555 road">A555</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A556_road" title="A556 road">A556</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A562_road" title="A562 road">A562</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A563_road" title="A563 road">A563</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-redirect" title="A5109 road">A5109</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5112_road" title="A5112 road">A5112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5114_road" title="A5114 road">A5114</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5117_road" title="A5117 road">A5117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5120_road" title="A5120 road">A5120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5124_road" title="A5124 road">A5124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5127_road" title="A5127 road">A5127</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5130_road" title="A5130 road">A5130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5135_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A5135 road (Great Britain)">A5135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5147_road" title="A5147 road">A5147</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5150_road_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="A5150 road (Great Britain)">A5150</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5183_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A5183 road">A5183</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5199_road" title="A5199 road">A5199</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5268_road" title="A5268 road">A5268</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5300_road" title="A5300 road">A5300</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A5758_road" title="A5758 road">A5758</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B5289_road" title="B5289 road">B5289</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B5300_road" title="B5300 road">B5300</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B5302_road" title="B5302 road">B5302</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B5470_road" class="mw-redirect" title="B5470 road">B5470</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A_roads_in_Zone_5_of_the_Great_Britain_numbering_scheme" title="A roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain numbering scheme">List of A roads in Zone 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B_roads_in_Zone_5_of_the_Great_Britain_numbering_scheme" title="B roads in Zone 5 of the Great Britain numbering scheme">List of B roads 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