A stretch of a Shropshire road has been named as Britain's slowest in a list of UK highways that have the worst records for delays.
A 1.2 mile stetch of teh A49 is Britain's slowest road
The research was analysed by financial platform, Forbes Advisor, who looked at the slowest, most delayed and worst maintained roads in England by using Department for Transport data to pinpoint where in the country's motorists are most likely to be held up for the longest time and move at the slowest average speeds.
A stretch of the A30 in Surrey between the M25 and A308 which had an average speed of 10.6mph, was named the third worst stretch of road by Forbes. But overall, it is not the worst highway in the UK when analysing roads in their entirety. That dubious honour goes to A2270 in East Sussex where speeds average just 13.7mph along the entire four-mile stretch of road that leads to Eastbourne.
A month later on the same stretch of the A49, two people were taken to hospital after a collision between a car and a van . And in January this year, the now stretch of road had to be closed one evening when an articulated lorry carrying sheep hit a car. "Traffic apps are specifically designed to identify known problem areas so we can - hopefully - take evasive action.
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