Crap Towns / Liverpool / Road condition
How bad are the roads in Liverpool?
In 2025-26, 5% of Liverpool council's A roads, 6% of its B and C roads and 10% 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 7%, 4% and 4%.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 7% | 4% | 4% |
| 2016-17 | 6% | 4% | 10% |
| 2017-18 | 6% | 1% | 7% |
| 2018-19 | 6% | 1% | 7% |
| 2019-20 | 9% | 12% | 11% |
| 2020-21 | 10% | 15% | 11% |
| 2021-22 | 10% | 17% | 21% |
| 2022-23 | 10% | 16% | 16% |
| 2023-24 | 10% | – | – |
| 2024-25 | 11% | 17% | 21% |
| 2025-26 | 5% | 6% | 10% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowsley | 4% | 7% | 14% |
| Sefton | 3% | 2% | 13% |
| Wirral | 5% | 6% | 11% |
| Liverpool | 5% | 6% | 10% |
| Across England | 4% | 6% | 16% |