Crap Towns / Peterborough / Road condition
How bad are the roads in Peterborough?
In 2025-26, 1% of Peterborough council's A roads, 5% of its B and C roads and 5% 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%, 6% and 15%.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 1% | 6% | 15% |
| 2016-17 | 1% | 5% | 16% |
| 2017-18 | 1% | 5% | 15% |
| 2018-19 | 1% | 5% | 17% |
| 2019-20 | 1% | 6% | 22% |
| 2020-21 | 1% | 5% | 23% |
| 2021-22 | 1% | 4% | 26% |
| 2022-23 | 1% | 3% | 29% |
| 2023-24 | 1% | 4% | 29% |
| 2024-25 | 1% | 5% | 22% |
| 2025-26 | 1% | 5% | 5% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnshire County Council | 3% | 5% | 21% |
| North Northamptonshire | 3% | 8% | 8% |
| Cambridgeshire County Council | 3% | 7% | 7% |
| Peterborough | 1% | 5% | 5% |
| Across England | 4% | 6% | 16% |