Dubbo's roundabouts have been targeted as some of the most dangerous spots for motorists in the city in a new National Roads and Motorists' Association (NRMA) campaign.
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Seeing Red on Roads had members of the public pinpoint the most dangerous areas in NSW and ACT via an interactive map.
In Dubbo, the most targeted areas were the roundabout at the intersection of the Newell and Mitchell highways and the Erskine/Fitzroy Street roundabout.
One comment said the roundabout in west Dubbo needed "better surfacing [and a] wider road to cope with heavy road transport". Another person said it needed "a truck bypass so they don't have to go through this section".
Wheelers Lane and Cobra Street also received criticism.
"Peak hour very busy for Dubbo", someone said about the Wheelers Lane, while Cobra Street was labelled as having a "congested roundabout".
However, for all the criticism of Dubbo, the roads fared far better than Orange, which was ranked the sixth worst town for its roads, the only town west of the Great Diving Range to make the top ten.
The Northern Distributor was also ranked as the second worst western road.
The five most flagged western roads in order were: Great Western Highway, Northern Distributor, Hawkesbury Road, Mitchell Highway and the Newell Highway.
NRMA western NSW director Fiona Simson said that growing population was placing the region's roads under ever greater strain.
"The NRMA found earlier this year that western NSW councils shouldered a combined road maintenance backlog of $580 million," she said.
"A greater proportion of the fuel excise needs to be returned to fixing local roads."
The worst six towns or suburbs in NSW and ACT were Concord, Holgate, Beecroft, Pennant Hills, Castle Hill and Orange.
A total of 7694 respondents made a combined 13.312 clicks on the Seeing Red interactive map via the NRMA's website or in person at the NRMA's 22 Fit to Drive forums held during August and September.
The Seeing Red on Roads map can be found at mynrma.com.au/redflag.