FEWER major roads in Yorkshire are meeting the adequate standards, it has been revealed.

Local authorities classify roads as red if they should be considered for maintenance, amber if maintenance may be required soon, and green if no further work is needed.

In Yorkshire and the Humber, 73 per cent of A roads and motorways were green, 24 per cent were amber and three per cent were red in the year to March, Department for Transport figures show.

The percentage of ‘green’ roads has fallen from 76 per cent in 2018, when current records began.

Nationally, the percentage of ‘red’ roads has remained relatively stable, rising slightly from three per cent in 2018 to four per cent last year, but the percentage of ‘green’ roads has fallen steadily, from 74 per cent to 68 per cent over the same period.

RAC head of policy Simon Williams said: “While the percentage of A roads that are deemed to be in the worst ‘red’ condition doesn’t appear to have gotten any worse, it’s concerning to see that more roads that were in reasonable ‘green’ condition have now deteriorated to ‘amber’ status.

“Unfortunately, this is also the trend with B and C roads with three per cent more of these now being categorised as ‘amber’ which means approximately 1,500 miles of road around the country are now significantly worse than they were,” he said.

“Drivers’ surveyed for this year’s RAC Report on Motoring listed the poor state of local roads as their number one motoring issue of concern.”