This revelation is really no news flash.  Birmingham’s notorious Spaghetti Junction has long been a tell-tale landmark of Britain’s second city. In fact, it’s been talked about as being part of an extended list of the world’s great wonders.  Read more about the Spaghetti Junction here.

A landmark, a tourist attraction, a danger zone, and now the scariest road in Britain according to Britannia Rescue.  The breakdown firm composed a poll that set the Spaghetti Junction as the poll-topper, with Glasgow’s M8 junctions following in second place, and London’s Marble Arch taking the third spot.  Between the three cities in the top three; Birmingham, London and Glasgow, they took up 8 of the top 10 spots!

Personally, I don’t think that the Spaghetti junction in Birmingham is as scary to travel on as it is to look at.  But research by Britannia Rescue reveals that 8% of drivers avoid scary roads and junctions and are even willing to travel and extra 238 miles per year in order to make ‘safer’ detours.  If life worked this way, avoiding dangerous roads would surely decrease one’s chance of having a road traffic accident.  But we’ve all heard about sods law, right? Besides, if only life was that calculable! Britannia Rescue urges drivers to face these roads in order to familiarise themselves – because chances are, there will be times when we just can’t avoid them. 

Joining the Spaghetti Junction in the Top 10 Scariest Roads in Britain, are other Brummy roads such as the M5/M6 intersection and the Five Ways junction.