Crap Towns / Dorset / Road condition
How bad are the roads in Dorset?
In 2025-26, 3% of Dorset council's A roads, 8% of its B and C roads and 12% 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%, 4% and 13%.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 3% | 4% | 13% |
| 2016-17 | 3% | 4% | 12% |
| 2017-18 | 4% | 5% | 11% |
| 2018-19 | 3% | 5% | 9% |
| 2019-20 | 1% | 5% | 9% |
| 2020-21 | 2% | – | 13% |
| 2021-22 | – | – | 13% |
| 2022-23 | – | – | – |
| 2023-24 | 2% | – | 12% |
| 2024-25 | 2% | 5% | 13% |
| 2025-26 | 3% | 8% | 12% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devon County Council | 3% | 13% | 25% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 5% | 17% | 24% |
| Dorset | 3% | 8% | 12% |
| Hampshire County Council | 5% | 5% | 8% |
| Somerset | 4% | 10% | 8% |
| Wiltshire | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 4% | 5% | 1% |
| Across England | 4% | 6% | 16% |