Crap Towns / Barking and Dagenham / Road condition
How bad are the roads in Barking and Dagenham?
In 2025-26, 11% of Barking and Dagenham council's A roads, 8% of its B and C roads and 28% of its unclassified roads should have been considered for maintenance. Across England the figures were 4%, 6% and 16%. Ten years earlier, in 2015-16, the figures were 2%, 3% and 45%.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 2% | 3% | 45% |
| 2016-17 | 6% | 3% | 9% |
| 2017-18 | 4% | 3% | – |
| 2018-19 | 3% | 2% | 14% |
| 2019-20 | 19% | 3% | – |
| 2020-21 | – | – | – |
| 2021-22 | – | – | – |
| 2022-23 | 10% | – | 13% |
| 2023-24 | 6% | – | – |
| 2024-25 | 11% | 8% | 28% |
| 2025-26 | 11% | 8% | 28% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redbridge | 9% | 21% | 49% |
| Barking and Dagenham | 11% | 8% | 28% |
| Thurrock | 3% | 3% | 23% |
| Waltham Forest | 7% | 29% | 18% |
| Newham | 12% | 9% | 16% |
| Havering | 6% | 7% | 15% |
| Greenwich | 8% | 4% | 14% |
| Bexley | 5% | 3% | 13% |
| Essex County Council | 4% | 3% | 10% |
| Across England | 4% | 6% | 16% |