South Australia’s riskiest roads as voted by the community have been revealed by RAA – with Fleurieu roads featuring too often.

Curtis Road between Munno Para and Angle Vale received the most nominations as part of RAA’s Risky Roads survey, with more than 100 locals dobbing it in for severe congestion and safety concerns.

Risky Roads is the biggest state-wide survey aimed at identifying unsafe roads or intersections, with the results used by RAA to advocate for infrastructure improvements. The survey received more than 1,800 nominations.

Curtis Road is also home to the state’s riskiest intersection – at the junction with Heaslip Road in Angle Vale – which was the most nominated intersection for the second survey in a row. In second place on the intersections list is also the corner of Curtis and Andrews Roads.

In second place overall, Victor Harbor Road was dobbed in as the riskiest regional road in the state, for its lack of maintenance and poor layout south of the recent duplication to McLaren Vale.

Victor Harbor Road makes up one of five Fleurieu Peninsula roads in the top ten regional roads list, with others including Main South Road, Main Road between McLaren Vale and Willunga, Goolwa Road and Inman Valley Road.

Overall, the top 10 Risky Roads in South Australia as voted by the community were:

On Curtis Road, there were 143 crashes where someone was injured or killed between 2019-2023 – with the crash rate getting worse as traffic volumes increase.

RAA is also recommending Curtis Road be under the control of State Government – not the Playford Council – due to its significance to the northern suburbs road network as a direct link between Main North Road and the Northern Expressway.

RAA Senior Traffic Engineer Matt Vertudaches says the survey highlights the pressure on Adelaide’s road network, especially in the northern suburbs.

“Clearly, drivers in the northern suburbs aren’t satisfied with the condition of many of their roads – seven of the top 10 metro roads were located north of Adelaide.

Mr Vertudaches says road maintenance was the most common concern raised across the top 10 metro and regional roads.

“Sections of Victor Harbor Road, Main North Road and Black Top Road were just a few examples where drivers feel the poor surface is posing a risk to safety.

“We continue to call for more investment to address our road maintenance backlog to improve safety, before the problem gets even worse.”

For the full Risky Roads Report and Fact Sheet, visit the RAA website.