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Dear Highways Agency,
March 12 my son had a very bad accident at so ham cross roads.there have been several more since my sons. The signage from one side is miss leading,how many accidents has there been at this junction since 2012

Yours faithfully, r j rayner

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Dear Mr Rayner,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 02/06/14.

The Highways Agency is responsible for the maintenance and stewardship of motorways and trunk roads in England. A trunk road is defined as a strategic link road between two centres of significant economic importance: such as cities, ports and airports. All other roads fall under the jurisdiction of the local authority.

A map showing the Agency's network of roads can be seen online here:

http://www.highways.gov.uk/aboutus/139.a...

Unfortunately your request does not have enough information to allow us to find the road in question. Please can you confirm the road name/number and the nearest town.

Should this road not be on the above map you will need to direct your enquiry to the relevant local authority. Contact details for local authorities can be found by using the search facility at:

http://local.direct.gov.uk/LDGRedirect/S...

I hope this helps with your enquiry.

Regards,

Highways Agency Information Line
Tel: +44 (0) 300 123 5000 | Fax: + 44 (0) 121 3358370
Web: http://www.highways.gov.uk

Safe roads, Reliable journeys, Informed travellers
Highways Agency, an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport.

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