CCTV footage reveals series of smashes at 'Britain's most dangerous junction'

CCTV footage has revealed a series of smashes at 'Britain's most dangerous junction', causing nearly £200,000 worth of damage in just two months. A combination of misleading road signs and faded road markings have been blamed for danger on the junction between the A521 and Draycott Cross Road in Cheadle, Staffordshire .

This means that drivers approaching the junction don't see road markings and don't slow down in time. The junction has seen thirteen crashes over the past two months, including cars being flipped into the air, and vehicles colliding with lorries.

Footage filmed on the Ring doorbell camera of councillor Gary Bentley revealed the extent of accidents at the blackspot. In one video, an SUV is clipped by a VW Golf, sending it rolling onto the pavement across the road.

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A second clip shows a car speeding over the lines after not seeing the 'give way' road markings, before being hit by a lorry. The most recent crash was from October 17, and saw a van and car colliding.

Bentley, an independent councillor at High Peak Borough Council, said: "It’s a busy junction. We think it could be Britain's most dangerous - it has been in the last few weeks. To add insult to injury, on the other side of the pub, we’ve just passed an Aldi supermarket.

"We were all concerned about the highway issues and people out of town coming down, most of the crashes are from people outside the area. A couple of weeks ago a car came over and didn’t know he had to stop. There were two. One was hit by a car and another by a lorry. We put it down to the faint lines."

He added that some remedial work had been carried on the junction, but more still needs to be done.