Locals have known as much for years and now a new publication has confirmed it Swindon's White-house Road bridge is among the most bashed in Britain.

In a top 20 of the most notorious railway bridges in Britain famed for being run into so often a new trucker's road atlas puts the White-house Road bridge at number seven in the hit list.

Railtrack and the Automobile Association worked together to produce the atlas, which lists all the low bridges in England, in the hope that it will stop accidents involving tall lorries and trucks hitting or getting stuck under low bridges.

Last year alone there were 12 accidents at the Whitehouse Road bridge, all involving vehicles which were too tall trying to go under the bridge, which is only ten foot high.

Since April this year, there have been 11 similar incidents.

Railtrack spokeswoman Jane Terry said: "At the Whitehouse Road bridge, chevrons have been painted on the road, there are warning signs at the bridge, signs which display the bridge height and warning signs half-a-mile away up the road, but accidents are still happening.

"When the bridge gets hit, not only does it cause chaos on the roads, but it also means we have to slow down the trains."

The atlas provides a reminder of the dangers of low bridges.

The worst is on the A505 Wals-worth Road in Hertfordshire, while other Wiltshire bridges in the top 20 are the one in Wilton on the A36 Warminster Road (number six) and the one in Fisherton Street, Salis-bury (number 17).

n The Trucker's Atlas of Great Britain is available from WHSmith and all good bookshops priced £11.99.