Crap Towns / Central Bedfordshire / Road condition
How bad are the roads in Central Bedfordshire?
In 2025-26, 2% of Central Bedfordshire council's A roads, 3% of its B and C roads and 13% 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 1%, 3% and 13%.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 1% | 3% | 13% |
| 2016-17 | 2% | 3% | – |
| 2017-18 | 2% | 3% | 16% |
| 2018-19 | 1% | 3% | 21% |
| 2019-20 | – | – | 12% |
| 2020-21 | – | – | 12% |
| 2021-22 | 1% | 3% | – |
| 2022-23 | 1% | 3% | 18% |
| 2023-24 | 2% | 3% | 16% |
| 2024-25 | 2% | 3% | 16% |
| 2025-26 | 2% | 3% | 13% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford | 2% | 4% | 18% |
| Hertfordshire County Council | 3% | 5% | 18% |
| Milton Keynes | 1% | 2% | 16% |
| Luton | 5% | 9% | 14% |
| Central Bedfordshire | 2% | 3% | 13% |
| Cambridgeshire County Council | 3% | 7% | 7% |
| Buckinghamshire | 4% | 5% | – |
| Across England | 4% | 6% | 16% |