- sam. 4 août 2012 22:31
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Canada
In 2009, the Canadian Automobile Association published a list of the most dangerous roads in Canada.[2] The top five were:
Highway 11, between Lac du Bonnet and Traverse Bay in eastern Manitoba (50 kilometres (31 mi))
Highway 103 in Nova Scotia which saw the death of 29 people between 2006 and 2009.
Highway 1 A short, busy undivided section of the Trans-Canada highway through Headingley, Manitoba (6 kilometres (3.7 mi)).
Between 2004 and 2009, the 400 kilometres (250 mi) undivided stretch of Highway 63 in Alberta saw 22 deaths and more than 250 injuries. The remote highway is the main route to Fort McMurray and has seen extraordinary increases in traffic volume with accelerated development of the Alberta Oil Sands.
A 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) section of Highway 1 through the Canadian Rockies. Funds were committed in 2008 to upgrade the highway.[3]
Also:
Highway 401 between London, Ontario and Windsor, Ontario was known as "Carnage Alley" due to a number of design factors: gravel shoulders that contributed to median-crossing collisions when a driver lost control of a vehicle, long, straight sections that promoted fatigue (often resulting in the driver drifting onto the gravel shoulder), and the potential of weather causing sudden severe driving conditions including whiteouts from sudden heavy snowfall and fog. Significant upgrades, including replacement of gravel with paved shoulders, improved signage, installation of tall-wall median barriers, and the widening of the 401 from four to six lanes between Windsor and Tilbury have been undertaken by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) since a fatal pileup on Sept. 3, 1999.
USA
Blood Alley or Death Trap Highway: California State Route 138 (Pearblossom Highway) east of Palmdale and west of Interstate 15.[1]
Blood Alley: U.S. Highway 6 near Bolton, Connecticut, also known locally as "Suicide 6." Efforts to improve the road near this town have continually failed due to unresolvable conflicts of interests between local, state, and federal officials; the state officially abandoned freeway plans in 2003 in lieu of safety improvements on the existing road.
Kamikaze Curve: New York Route 17 in Binghamton, New York, east of the junction with Interstates 81 and 88. The sharp curve along the base of a mountain is the site of dozens of fatal crashes since the highways opening in the 1960s.
Highway of Death: Connecticut Turnpike (I-95) between New Haven and the New York state line. The route is one of two main commuter routes between Connecticut and New York City, and part of the main truck route along the Eastern Seaboard. These two factors contribute to its high fatality rate. Long-term construction is underway to address congestion and the high accident rate on this stretch of highway.
Highway of Death: US-24 between Fort Wayne, Indiana and Toledo, Ohio. This 2-lane route—the site of numerous fatal head-on collisions between cars and semi trucks—is being bypassed with a freeway in northeast Indiana, and continuing into Ohio as a 4-lane highway.
Blood Highway: California State Route 12 between Lodi, California and Rio Vista, California. This is a 2-lane road that many big rig truckers use to go from the 160 to Interstate 5. There are many side roads with blind spots and you must use your lights at all times. This highway also allows passing in the opposite lane which leads to increased head on collisions and other accidents
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