A report has been released about the poor standard of the road while a separate analysis shows 95 crashes at one of its intersections and dozens of other crashes at intersections along the course of the highway.

A motorcyclist was killed earlier this week after a collision with a light truck on the 60-kilometre stretch of road.

The Sunday Canberra Times has used details of more than 8000 crash locations collected by the ACT government last year to map the worst intersections for crashes in the Territory as well as the roads with the most collisions.

The 95 smashes at the Barton Highway, Gundaroo Drive and William Slim Drive intersection was followed by the intersection of Coranderrk Street and Parkes Way (92), and the crossroads of Athllon, Drakeford and Isabella drives in Tuggeranong (52).

The Barton Highway also figures in the middle of the list with 19 crashes at its intersection with Northbourne Avenue.

The part of the highway inside the ACT’s borders was also the scene of 22 smashes not at intersections.
A report shows 56 per cent of the Barton Highway in NSW and the territory is two-star rated, as opposed to the minimum acceptable standard of three stars.

The report released by the Australian Automobile Association scored almost a third of the 10 kilometres of Barton Highway located inside the borders of the ACT as two stars.

No part of the highway on either side of the border was good enough to rate four or five stars, or bad enough to be rated one star.

The accident in which a motorcyclist was killed on Tuesday took place near the intersection with Boundary Lane in Wallaroo, about 10 kilometres north of the ACT-NSW border.

The association’s study, known as the Australian Road Assessment Program (AusRAP) report, also shows about half of the Federal Highway is rated two stars.

There were 42 crashes on the ACT’s section of the Federal Highway last year.

NRMA motoring and services director Alan Evans said some sections of the roads scored poorly because of a lack of overtaking lanes, median barriers and other safety features.

''The internationally recognised minimum standard for highways is a three-star rating and the NRMA would like to see the two-star-rated sections brought up to this level or higher, as has been done on the southbound section of the Federal Highway around Lake George,’’ Mr Evans said.

‘‘The Australian and NSW governments should be congratulated for this section of the Federal Highway being of a four-star standard. The road is straight, there are median barriers and the road is well signposted.’’

There were 8314 motor vehicle crashes in Canberra last year, compared with 8487 a year earlier.