Crap Towns / Bolton / Road condition
How bad are the roads in Bolton?
In 2025-26, 2% of Bolton council's A roads, 2% of its B and C roads and 19% 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 3%, 3% and 4%.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| 2016-17 | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| 2017-18 | 3% | 3% | 11% |
| 2018-19 | 2% | 2% | 20% |
| 2019-20 | 2% | 2% | 15% |
| 2020-21 | 2% | 2% | 29% |
| 2021-22 | 2% | 2% | 21% |
| 2022-23 | 4% | 4% | 32% |
| 2023-24 | 2% | 3% | 21% |
| 2024-25 | 2% | 2% | 34% |
| 2025-26 | 2% | 2% | 19% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancashire County Council | 4% | 6% | 26% |
| Bolton | 2% | 2% | 19% |
| Bury | 5% | 6% | 19% |
| Salford | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Wigan | 5% | 7% | 11% |
| Across England | 4% | 6% | 16% |