By no means the first to be badly hit on the road (5)
I believe the answer is:
third
'by no means the first to' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'badly hit on the road' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation).
'hit' with letters rearranged gives 'thi'.
'thi'+'rd'='THIRD'
'be' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for third that I've seen before include "Ordinal number" , "Last place on the podium?" , "One of three equal parts" , "Eroica, Beethoven's - symphony" , "Musical interval" .)