Road has a severe dip on A34 above the woodstock rd
Reported via desktop in the Road surface (NH) category anonymously at 10:22, Friday 27 February 2026
Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 9009956.
Hi I see this has been reported but this has been here a few years and not getting fixed. I see on the report that it has been closed but the problem has not. In due course an Lgv driver will hit this in the night and loose control.
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This is a long standing issue, and causes very noticeable harsh braking from arctic lorries as the entire lorry wobbles violently from side to side.
Driving at night when it’s quieter, I’ve seen buses who presumably drive the road often, come out into the second lane when there is no traffic - evidently to avoid the violent dips in the road. The dips are on both side of the road, but worst in the left of the two lanes driving northbound.
In recent weeks it seems that this is vaguely acknowledged, as new road signs have been put up - the triangle with a white background, red edge, and the black symbol of a hump in the road. This doesn’t fix the problem, it’s unavoidable.
Posted anonymously at 18:18, Tuesday 16 June 2026
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This has stopped being "a bump in the road" and has started being "If you hit this at 70mph, especially northbound, your vehicle will gain brief airtime."
There are obvious skid marks from tyres where vehicles have landed hard from gaining said airtime. This will get fixed, but only after someone has had a very nasty accident.
Posted anonymously at 21:39, Sunday 2 August 2026
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