It’s official – the results of the expert scientific study by Mobil 1 into the state of our roads have found Britain’s best roads and the worst.
Having clocked-up a full week behind the wheel of the Mobil 1 vehicle, running on Mobil 1’s New Life oil and kitted out with innovative driver perception technology, TV presenter and motoring enthusiast James Martin is ready to steer us through the findings…
Britain’s Roads: Results in brief:
The top five
1.A82 Glasgow to Fort William
2.A537 Cat & Fiddle
3.A3 at Devil’s Punchbowl
4.A4069 Brecon Beacons
5.A696 Scottish Borders to Newcastle
The worst five
1.M1 Sheffield
2.Spaghetti Junction
3.M8 Glasgow to Edinburgh
4.M25 Junction 10 to M25 Junction 14
5.M60 Greater Manchester Ring Road
The noisiest and bumpiest
A74 Lanarkshire to Kirkton
The quietest
A57 Snake Pass
The smoothest
A34 from Walsall to Cannock
The most stressful
M60 Greater Manchester Ring Road
The science behind the survey
The data captured by James and the team included vibration and noise readings of the roads, levels of the stress hormone Cortisol in James’ body and his heart rate. From this, Mobil 1 developed an equation to measure the roads which had been voted onto a shortlist by UK drivers, by taking the physical readings of the road, dividing it by the physiological recordings and then multiplying the result by a ‘driveability’ rating.
The results in detail
To track the precise findings of our mission, download a pdf of the full Survey(13Mb).
And, if you’re ready to experience for yourself the twists and turns and outstanding scenery of the top ten best roads in the country, simply download the new iPhone app ‘Open Road’
