Why this British crossroads was so dangerous

ADDITIONAL SOURCES:
The UK government's Traffic Signs Manual, chapter 6, 15.18.2

(you can find contact details and social links there too)

[TomScottGo]

Update, January 2022: the crossroads has been fixed, as so many folks hoped for, by turning one of the two approach roads and making a staggered junction. Accordingly, I've changed the title of the video to past tense!

[seanbm]

The amount of people who ran the stop sign in the background is astounding

[ctyoung]

The fact that multiple cyclists went by and multiple drivers didn't stop during the recording of this short video gave Tom's words even more gravitas.

[IronMan-qiyg]

Why does Tom Scott always sound like he's not angry he's just disappointed in you?

[UnnamedThe]

The solution is obviously a massive pair of ramps, so you can jump over the intersection. It'd be exciting, the risk of collision is zero by the laws of kinematics and I can absolutely totally not see any downsides to this approach.

[stormrider]

Title: "Why This British Crossroads Is So Dangerous"
0:13 [car runs stop sign] well, guess we answered that, thanks for joining us

[HiyasuJ]

"this is certainly a contender"

*Bloke passing by without stopping*

[plot]

"why is this intersection so dangerous" *guy immediately flies past a stop sign*

[cvonp]

01:25 Driver fails to stop. 02:14 Driver fails to stop. 00:14 Driver fails to stop. Average that out and this place is positively lethal

[tuplaluusto]

Just as before the "failed to stop" is said, car indeed does not stop in the background

[poparena]

As an American who deals with stop signs every day, I'll admit to a bit of anxiety seeing so many cars just casually ignore them.

[dneary]

I counted 6 cars that rolled through the stop sign - three going straight on without slowing down!
0:15 - dark blue salloon
1:28: dark grey (?) car
2:15 silver van (turning left)
2:48: Dark blue minivan (slows down but doesn't stop)
3:25: Silver car rolls through
3:33 - Red car turns left without stopping

[TomScottGo]

I should stress that the simulations here aren't tweaked or faked to make it more dramatic! Quoting Mat Hill, who made the graphics for this video: "I was horrified the first time I lined everything up and played back ... with just the correct road angles, the blind spot is perfect until the last moment."

[nj]

I love how in the end when Tom says: "for drivers to stop at the stop sign" the blue car conforms and in that moment ACTUALLY stops at the stop sign. Kudos to the driver of the blue car.

[abracadabra]

It stresses me out how the people aren’t stopping at the stop sign

[StephenHind]

1:25 a driver did exactly what you were explaining - failed to stop at the stop sign!

[EllitopiaGaming]

And that's why a STOP sign means "must come to a complete stop before proceeding" even on an empty road

[TheCorship]

The amout of cars failing to stop while filming this was too damn high.

[couldntthinkofagoodone]

This week planning permission was finally granted to remove this dangerous crossroads and replace it with a staggered junction, therefore hopefully designing out the danger of drivers “glancing and chancing”. Thank you Tom for helping bring this local serious road safety issue to wider public attention and in the longer term undoubtedly saving lives.

[ulalaFrugilega]

"Anyone‘s safety shouldn’t rely on faith in human nature" chillingly true.