![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/we-live-by-the-uks-worst-roundabout-its-hell-on-earth/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/newspress-collage-22832067-1687875828227.jpg&description=Exclusive DRIVEN ROUND THE BEND Published : 8:54, 16 Jul 2023 Updated : 8:55, 16 Jul 2023 RESIDENTS who live next to the UK's worst roundabout have described it as "hell on earth" where speeding drivers cause petrifying crashes. The "crazy" Army and Navy junction in Chelmsford , Essex , is a five-arm roundabout , which until 2019 had a 40-year-old tidal flyover. 6 The Army and Navy junction in Chelmsford, Essex, is a five-arm roundabout Credit: East News 6 Darren Sainsbury, 39, has lived next to the "crazy" roundabout for three years Credit: East News 6 Railings that have been damaged following a crash at the troublesome roundabout Credit: East News The roundabout was used by around 70,000 vehicles a day and 72 buses an hour prior to the pandemic and has a reputation among locals as being busy. The junction is already over capacity during the morning and evening peak times and as a result it suffers from severe congestion . Named after a music venue that used to be nearby, drivers also struggle to navigate the many exits and entrances, particularly when approaching from Chelmer Road. Essex County Council have even proposed a hamburger roundabout - one with a road through the centre of it - and have asked the Department for Transport for funding of £67 million. Now residents have detailed what it's like to live right next to the notorious roundabout. Darren Sainsbury, 39, who has lived in his property for three years, told the Sun: "I've experienced people having crashes there. "That's generally because I don't think people know how to use the roundabout. Every time you use it people are in different lanes." The father-of-three continued: "There's been two particularly bad crashes in the last three years. One of them was during the evening when a car clipped loads of parked vehicles. "Another one was about two months ago when a Tesla went up over another car and landed on the barrier." Ryan Chomiak, 44, has lived next to the roundabout for 14 years after moving from){kind=link}
RESIDENTS who live next to the UK’s worst roundabout have described it as “hell on earth” where speeding drivers cause petrifying crashes.
The “crazy” Army and Navy junction in Chelmsford, Essex, is a five-arm roundabout, which until 2019 had a 40-year-old tidal flyover.
The roundabout was used by around 70,000 vehicles a day and 72 buses an hour prior to the pandemic and has a reputation among locals as being busy.
The junction is already over capacity during the morning and evening peak times and as a result it suffers from severe congestion.
Named after a music venue that used to be nearby, drivers also struggle to navigate the many exits and entrances, particularly when approaching from Chelmer Road.