Yahoo News West Midlands' most congested roads where it takes drivers an extra minute to travel 1 mile
The most congested roads in Birmingham and the Black Country have been revealed, where motorists face more than one minute of delays for every mile they drive. The West Midlands is a heavily built-up conurbation with congestion occurring daily on its motorways and A-roads.
Some routes are more notorious than others but a new study has revealed the roads where drivers are spending the most time stuck in traffic across Birmingham and the four Black Country boroughs. The Road Delay Report, which outlined the findings, was created by Cromwell Trucks and Online Marketing Surgery using data from government's Department for Transport.
It revealed the amount of time that people were delayed during their journeys. This was broken down into how many extra seconds they spent driving per mile due to delays.
In Birmingham, the most congested major route - which includes motorways and major A-roads - was the southbound section of the A5127 Gravelly Hill within the A38M junction, which connects to the M6's Spaghetti Junction. Here, drivers were delayed by an extra 71.6 seconds - more than a minute - to drive a mile on average. The route is used by motorists travelling from north Birmingham into the city centre and onto the M6.
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When it comes to local and smaller A-roads, the most congested one was the A457, which runs through Winson Green, past Birmingham City Hospital and into Cape Hill. There, drivers crawled along at a snail's pace of an extra 142.1 seconds per mile on average - over two minutes.
In the Black Country, traffic times were even worse. The most delayed major route was a 1.7 mile stretch of the A5 Watling Street southbound in Brownhills, Walsall, between the A5195 and the A461 Walsall Road. Here, it took motorists an extrea 94.2 seconds to travel a mile on average.
The most delayed local A-road in the Black Country almost took three minutes to travel a mile. This was the A4092 which runs from Smethwick into Winson Green, where it joins the A457. On average, it takes drivers an extra 170.4 seconds to travel a mile here.
Top 10 motorways/major A-roads in Birmingham with the most delays
*Road name/extra seconds per vehicle per mile
A5127 southbound within A38 junction - 71.6
M6 northbound within J6 - 38.9
A5127 northbound within A38 junction - 33.8
M6 northbound between J6 and J7 - 31.6
M6 southbound between J6 and J5 - 27.3
M6 southbound between J5 and J4A - 24.7
M6 southbound between J7 and J6 - 23.2
M6 southbound within J6 - 22.9
M6 northbound between J5 and J6 - 22.3
A38(M) southbound within M6 - 13.5
Top 10 motorways/major A-roads in the Black Country with the most delays
*Road name/extra seconds per vehicle per mile
A5 southbound between A5195 and A461 Walsall - 94.2
A449 southbound between M54 and A460 Wolverhampton - 75.9
M6 southbound within J10 Walsall - 71.6
A5 southbound between A5195 and A461 Walsall - 63.7
A449 northbound between A460 and M54 Wolverhampton - 61.5
A5 northbound between A461 and A5195 Walsall - 59.6
M6 southbound between J10A and J10 Walsall - 53.7
A5 northbound between A5195 and A452 Walsall - 51.1
M6 southbound between J10 and J9 Walsall - 48.2
M6 northbound within J8 Sandwell - 48
Top 10 most traffic-clogged local A-roads in Birmingham
*Road name/extra seconds per vehicle per mile
A457 - 142.1
A41 - 128.5
A435 - 110.3
A4540 - 105.8
A4040 - 83.9
A5127 - 79.1
A441 - 71.9
A4041 - 71.1
A34 - 68
A45 - 59
Top 10 most traffic-clogged local A-roads in the Black Country
*Road name/borough/extra seconds per vehicle per mile
A4092 - Sandwell - 170.4
A4030 - Sandwell - 142.6
A4100 - Dudley - 122.7
A4150 - Wolverhampton - 116
A459 - Wolverhampton - 115
A462 - Sandwell - 95.3
A4126 - Wolverhampton - 92.8
A4148 - Walsall 90.7
A34 - Sandwell 86.7
A454 - Wolverhampton 85.3
