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