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I removed this dubious statement (in bold):
The high number of crashes, deaths and injuries (there is at least one crash almost every week) on this section has led to it being nicknamed the 'Road to Hell' by the Cambridge Evening News...
According to the CHUMMS Report (which admittedly is a few years old):
Accidents were perceived by some, as a significant issue on the A14. Data was obtained from Cambridgeshire County Council of reported incidents between 1995 and 1999 and a summary of results by accident severity and vehicle category is provided in Appendix 3. Analysis showed that the overall number of accidents is not significantly different to other similar A roads, but there was a higher incidence of "slight" accidents – often minor shunts, reflecting the congested traffic situation. This does not detract from some isolated serious accidents on the A14 in recent years. (Full links available here, but Appendix 3 appears not to be available.)
I've left in a reference to the "numerous accidents" on this section, which is at any rate less controversial, but it would help if up-to-date accident statistics could be found for this section, especially if they could be compared to national averages. The Highways Agency has a safety report for the Cambridge-Suffolk section of the A14 on their website [1], but unfortunately it doesn't include Cambridge-Huntingdon. Blisco 13:07, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
I've always wondered if it was inconsistant --- after all, the end closest to London is Felixstowe, in Zone 1 -- I'd suggest it's the Junction numbering that is inconsistant, instead?
As this is purely my interpretation, I've kept this to the talk page for now -- Ratarsed 08:19, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
As stated in the main article, the A14 existed as a road before the A45 was chopped up and joined with the A604. It was the road that is now the
A1198 which runs from Huntingdon to Royston. The spur which continues up to the A1(M) is however either the A14(M), the A604(M) according to
Pathetic Motorways
LewisR 16:52, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Can anyone find any reliable (published) sources for all the junction numbers? The only reference I have found so far doesn't include junction 19A. I'd have thought the highways agency would have them, but I can't find them on the website... -- Ratarsed ( talk) 21:44, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
The 1.2m section of the A14 spur between the junction with the B1043 and the A1(M) appears to have been referred to as both the A14(M) and the A604(M) on official information during its planning and implementation. It appears to have motorway classification since there is no further exit for non-motorway traffic after the B1043. It is also variously called the A14, the A14(M) and the A1(M) by major mapping providers. There is a page about the A14/A604(M) about it on 'Pathetic Motorways' [2], however the sources for their information do not link to primary resources. There is also a page on it Pathetic motorways with comments from various people about the numbering over the years [3] which includes a copy of an anonymous email from the person who claims to have specified the signage for the section who said I was responsible for signing the A14 in 1991 for which was Contract 9 of the Catthorpe to Spittals dualing of the old A14/A604. I noticed that the "Alconbury Spur" had no route number. I couldn't be the A1 as that was at Brampton and we couldn't have three A14's coming off spittals interchange. I asked the then DoT what they wanted to do about it and they decided that no action was the best action. Therefore I think it was signed (A1) and (A14) depending on where you are coming from. Incidentally to all intents and purposes it is refered to as the A14 by the HA today. [4]. There is also a page on Sabre. [5] PeterEastern ( talk) 06:22, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
Here is all the primary (Highways Agency/Legislative) information I can find and how it is represented on various major mapping sites:- PeterEastern ( talk) 06:22, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
So.. it is called the A604(M), the A14(M), the A14 and also the A1(M) or just as a 'motorway' depending what resource you use and which direction you are heading. How should we represent this in the article! PeterEastern ( talk) 06:22, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
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Is this section really needed? There must have been hundreds of accidents and incidents on the A14 over the years, I'm not quite sure what distinguishes these three incidents; the petrol station one, maybe, but the last one from 2008 is essentially a tragic but quite common type of incident on this and any other major trunk road. Bob talk 17:53, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
I have made a one-character change to the history section ;-) ... the old route I feel must have started at J1, not J2 of the M6, even though it's from long before I was born. Probably just a typo, or a misremembering of the junction number.
The motorway was built westwards starting with the M1 junction, so there was never a point where J2 was connected up but J1 wasn't. At first, the A427 ran from the A45, north through the centre of Rugby, then through some very narrow and tight roads through Catthorpe, Swinford and South/North Kilworth (my father has lived in a couple of these neighbourhoods and it's startling to think of the through-routes being trunk A-roads with heavy lorries on, as they're little more than alleys in the village centres), only later being thankfully realigned to start at Coventry and run up to Lutterworth and straight across to Market Harborough, bypassing the villages.
In both cases, coming off the 2x3-lane, grade separated, 70mph road at Coventry, in order to either ---
--- taking at least 17 miles either way (and probably upwards of 30 minutes) on single carriageway roads with lots of curves, at-grade junctions, 30mph town limits and few overtaking opportunities, when you could reach the same point by continuing on the motorway, coming off at J1, hitting the A5 at a roundabout and then either turning right to meet up with the old route or continuing straight on to reach the newer one at Lutterworth (taking about 12 miles in either case, 9 of them being on the motorway so the whole procedure may only take 15 minutes), just seems absolutely crazy. Unless Junction 1 wasn't built at first or something, and this was the only way to get to Rugby and the A5 as well as Lutterworth/Swinford/A427?
If someone has documentary evidence, by all means change it back and cite it, but just from rudimentary mapwork and knowledge of the area I can't see any good reason why you'd take what were essentially twisting backroutes with an undeserved A-number tacked on (and that I had to ride on before getting my full bike license) instead of sticking with the motorway for another 10 minutes or less and connecting to the port-bound route by one or two almost dead-straight good-quality purpose-built roads that don't go through any towns (Cotesbach maybe excepted, depending on bypass build date). Truckers aren't stupid when it comes to routing...
(And reaching dad's places in Swinford, Kilworth or Husbands Bosworth was a case of, when not using the catthorpe exit off the M6/A14/M1, coming off at J1 and going via Lutterworth then along or back down... or taking the unclassified Gibbet Lane off the A5 island, which is certainly good quality enough to be a former A-road and bypasses the worst of Swinford centre. Any other way was scenic, but decidedly lower quality in long-distance road terms.) 193.63.174.211 ( talk) 16:29, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
A number of us here are getting a blank page for this article when using Google Chrome. With Firefox it is OK, but using Chrome blank on both a Mac and a PC from our office and also from a PC in a university. Is anyone else seeing this? The strange thing is that the A12 and M11 articles and others are just fine in Chrome. PeterEastern ( talk) 13:23, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
Last night I started reworking the junction list (in my sandbox), aligning it with WP:RJL. I made a few small changes to undo some vandalism that had lain undetected for 6 months. Martinvl ( talk) 11:48, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
I'm reading the article using the newest Mozilla Firefox and for an unknown reason list of references is visible on the junction list and it's like this:
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. How to fix it? 178.183.178.63 ( talk) 12:30, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Given that current improvements seem to date back a number of years, for example. I wonder if anyone is particularly looking after this article? If there is then it might be well worth going through with a fine comb and finding all the out of date aspects. Otherwise I'll try to find time to do it. Whilst we're at it, I do wonder about the use of subheadings in this one - there do seem rather a lot of them at times. Blue Square Thing ( talk) 18:31, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
The "Diagram" isn't a diagram at all, its a tabular listing, or "Table". I was looking for a diagram - i.e. a map-like graphical image of the road - so I was disappointed! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.97.62.77 ( talk) 21:19, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
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Since the former A14 trunk route through Huntingdon and up to Alconbury is now part of the A1307, the bulk of this section (where it discusses the identity of the "Alconbury spur") should really be moved to the A1307 page. The A14, on its new alignment, now completely bypasses the Alconbury area. Just wanted to check that this is the right action to take.
DAB ( talk) 09:01, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
There is a three-lane section near Kettering. From the Histon Road section is three-lane to the A1, and Girton to Bar Hill is now four! Mdrb55 ( talk) 14:32, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
Correction : 3 lanes from Milton Road Mdrb55 ( talk) 14:43, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
Following the note from Rschen7754 that this in not the correct format, I had a go at starting a new junction list. So far I have done from junctions 0 to 7 in my sandboxA14 but could someone look and see if I am doing it correctly?
If it is ok, can it be posted in to allow others to continue it or does it have to be completed first? Or is there somewhere else it can go for others to continue work on? Thanks, Robertm25 ( talk) 15:58, 9 November 2022 (UTC)