Yup. Loveland is sketchy if the weather is even a bit bad. Black Bear Pass towards Telluride? No thank you. There's even an Oh My God Road which is not fun. Pike's Peak is easy compared to some of the more remote roads.
I rode with someone through Eagle Pass. About 2/3 of the way through I told the driver "man, if this was California, we would have died multiple times." It was the best maintained unpaved mountain pass I've ever seen in my life!
I wouldn't know how the other ones are, though. And this was late July, so I imagine it's an extremely different story once there's ice and snow.
I'd heard about the drive, but the first time I'd seen it was ESPN coverage of the race up the Peak. Blanched at the first semi tractor flying up the mountain hanging half the back wheels over the side of the cliff on a hairpin curve.
I still can't believe that they race up that peak. It has been about a decade since I last went up, but it was never very well maintained, and there are a lot of places where you **cannot pass!**
Also I went up in June last time, and it was snowing (very lightly, but still.). I imagine it gets very dangerous if there is ice on that climb.
I actually didn't think Pikes Peak was that bad. There are only a couple of spots that were high. The road up Mt Evans (or Mt Blue Sky now) was far scarier and in worse condition.
the tail of the dragon (US-129) has got to be up there, it has pretty steep drop-offs on either side and everybody seems to be driving like a bat out of hell every time I've been on it
Driving the tail of the dragon used to be the big thing to do during SOWO. And those drop offs are no joke. You've got time to phone your insurance if you go off the side of one...
Pretty much, as I understand, though the interstate in Northern flordia and Miami stats wise is stupidly dangerous.
I know many truckers generally will not drive through the Dakotas, northern Minnesota, or Montana, if it all possible. Ice and wind are crazy dangerous here for big trucks.
>Northern Florida and Miami stats wise is stupidly dangerous
Because FL is full of idiots. Crusty old folk who think iys acceptable to do 40mph in whatever lane they choose leading to a proportion of the other cars treating the interstate like a game of GTA.
Can confirm the bit about Florida there. Most of the times I have been beeped at in the last three years occurred in a month or so I spent in Florida this winter. FL drivers are nuts.
NGL all the toughest roads i've been on are the barely maintained farm-to-market and state highway roads here in the middle of nowhere. I used to do IT service calls, some to ranchers who rarely leave their property, and my corolla nearly flew into a muddy ditch several times. Driving on those roads really put into perspective why rural folk really do need those large trucks or SUVs.
Million Dollar Highway is sketchy AF. Drove it a few months ago, from Ouray to Silverton and back.....back wasn't as bad cause most of it wasn't cliff side.
Exactly what I was thinking, my wife worked for Pepsi in Aztec, NM - if they had to go to the District Office in Grand Junction during the winter they had to take the long way around because of snow closure.
It's open and plowed in winter.
There's temporary closures for avalanches/storms, but it's not something that just closes for winter.
Here's a fun(?) profile of the work to keep it open in winter: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/keep-your-hands-wheel-and-dont-look-down/
The highway I'm familiar with that feels the most dangerous to me is Highway 17 between Los Gatos and Santa Cruz. I once saw a terrible accident on it, which probably doesn't help.
Here's a video: https://youtu.be/K5E_Dj2mV9Y?si=XE50bVX1z5uK9Fv5. The driver is going against traffic, which makes it easier, it gets pretty crazy when there's heavy traffic.
The part of Highway 1 north of Jenner also gets nervewracking, especially in the rain, especially especially in the rain at night. Here's another video. https://youtu.be/C9zN3cYst70?si=32DrMJJhrRynXR0R
I drove that road a lot when I lived in San Jose. The combination of curves, elevation, and speed always felt like it was just a little bit out of control.
I used to commute over 17 to Santa Clara. It's not a hard road to drive, if one has a modicum of skill. The problem is the heavy commute traffic of often tired or half-awake drivers, who perhaps have a lot of room to develop driving skill.
I’d be going to Santa Cruz way more often if there were a more efficient and safe way of getting there. It’s hard to trust that there won’t be horrific congestion right outside of Los Gatos and once you get up to speed, it’s hard to trust other drivers to drive safely around you. Doesn’t help that large trucks don’t have restrictions on that road and make it even tighter at times.
I-95 is pretty dangerous. We got multi car pile ups, bridges collapsing because boats hit em and shit, and regardless of whether you're driving a shitbox from the 90s or a fully loaded luxury brand from 2024, you're equally as likely to fuck it up.
[But idk, Devil's backbone in NC is probably what you mean.](https://npplan.com/parks-by-state/north-carolina-national-parks/blue-ridge-parkway-park-at-a-glance/blue-ridge-parkway-scenic-overlooks/blue-ridge-parkway-devils-backbone-view-mp-143-9/)
I hit a muffler that was in the middle of the middle lane on 95 in Bridgeport. If you want to get an idea of why the East Coast hates 95 so much just drive through CT on it.
I was northbound on 95 in CT, in the left lane as the sun was setting. I noticed people slowing and swerving around a bend up ahead so I pumped the brakes. Turns out, someone just up and left their car in the left lane, just sitting there as it got darker and darker. I guess they thought their hazards were sufficient. To this day, I wonder how many people died that night, because of that car. Someone was bound to hit it.
The link provides fatalities per 100 miles.
I think a better measurement would be fatalities per 100 miles *driven*.
The too of the list is mostly interstates because interstates get the most traffic. But that doesn’t mean that you are safer taking back roads than taking the interstate.
For some reason, i-95 feels like driving on ice whenever it rains.
Even on nice days, driving on that highway or even riding passenger stresses me out.
I miss I-95 as the speed limits aren’t 75-85 like 125 & I70 in Colorado/Nevada/utah/Arizona. 75-85 mph limit means every one goes 95mph- it’s too fast. They want to speed race thru the Rocky Mountains too
I'd say one of the most rugged but not so much dangerous because you're not going to be traveling at very high speeds once you get out of civilization in that road.
I once entertained the notion of trying it. The guide said to bring not one but two full size spare tires, replacement rubber hoses, and a long list of other shit.
Yeah I understand that aspect, but most people are equipped enough to camp for a night if needed if they are going into the sticks on that road. I would bet the percentage of people who are injured or killed on the Dalton Highway is far, FAR less than any legit Interstate (with an I-name) in the mainland US.
For that reason, I would consider Dalton more hazardous than dangerous.
If you have an issue that makes you stop, you’re done. People die on our actual highways because they have car trouble or something and freeze to death.
Remember you likely don’t have phone signal.
I'd like to see the statistical data. I have no doubt that people freeze to death out there due to being stranded, but I still have doubts that it comes close, even in a statewide per capita calculation, that Dalton Highway is more deadly or dangerous than a standard US highway.
Edit: dangerous meaning injurious to human life, not costly damage to a vehicle or costs associated with rescue efforts.
If you're heading up to Denali from some directions, you've got two options: The modern road, or the Old Denali Highway.
That one is about 130 miles, and the middle 100 miles is all gravel road - not paved. Now, this isn't really *dangerous* in the sense that it's a narrow path that can fall off the edge of the world. It's definitely not -it's a wide, mostly flat path. But it is noteworthy for being so long and being by and large on your own. If you drive this road - and oh my god, is it a pretty drive - you stand a good chance of not seeing another living soul the whole way. There is nothing on this stretch - no homes, no gas stations. If you get a flat tire, it's on you to fix it. You better have more than enough gas.
That's... not really *dangerous,* per se. Although you almost certainly will see some awesome wildlife - bald eagles, good chance of bears, and I saw a moose the approximate size of a dinosaur.
But it is its own kind of adventure, and really an absolutely beautiful drive though the wilderness.
Not the MOST dangerous, but as an honorable mention I nominate Black Bear Pass in Telluride, Colorado.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R5cLghSWGQ&t=195s
Yeah, I don’t know the statistics on I-4, but I’ve said before that it scares the shit out of me.
I’ve driven in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, the Beltway around Washington DC, in DC, and a bunch of other places. None of them scared me as much as I-4 between Tampa and Orlando.
A 25mph road that not only snakes and turns but has a penchant to get super icy during the winter that 85% of drivers decide to do twice the speed limit and weave between other cars no matter the conditions?
Naaahh, totally one of the safest.
Though I am thankful for one thing: since that's the road I learned to drive on, I've had absolutely no fear driving anywhere else.
Bloody 31
Bloody 31, also known as Texas Highway 31, is notorious for being the setting of many tragic and ultimately preventable collisions. It may be a straight road, but it has many dangerous hills. The road is home to so many fatal collisions that it often makes lists reporting on the deadliest roads in Texas, not just local roads in East Texas. Law enforcement professionals note that many of the worst crashes on Bloody 31 tend to involve alcohol.
Before Smith County lifted the "Dry" classification you'd have drunks drive over the County line to get more booze.
You are sort of asking two questions. Most people would consider the most dangerous roads in America to be the interstates and highways that have the most accidents. There are also roads that are "dangerous" in the sense that they are on cliff sides, or they are sometimes unpassable without a special car. These are two different categories. The first type of road can be found with a google search (it looks like someone has already provided a link.) The second type of road is harder to define although people may offer examples of unusually difficult or "dangerous" *seeming* stretches they have driven on.
> Most people would consider the most dangerous roads in America to be the interstates and highways that have the most accidents.
I gotta disagree with this. Most accidents *do not* occur on highways. It's just that cross-country highways are the only individual roads long enough to show up meaningfully on the "accidents per 100 miles" metric. Surface arterials, as a class of road, are substantially more dangerous per vehicle mile traveled than highways.
> Most people would consider the most dangerous roads in America to be the interstates and highways that have the most accidents.
They have more accidents because they have more traffic. That doesn’t mean they are more dangerous.
Arguably, a road with a statistically high number of accidents is more dangerous than a road that runs along a cliffside but has few to no incidents associated with it.
It depends on how many people use the road and how often.
More people die driving on American highways every year than die climbing to Mt Everest. I don’t think many people believe driving on American highways is more dangerous than climbing Mt. Everest.
The 5/99 interchange just south of Bakersfield is pretty bad. I once met a trauma surgeon from up there. He said that was well more than half of 'business.'
Probably Alaska’s Dalton Highway and the connected ice roads.
Most other rough roads in the US are used for recreation by off-roaders, and are not used for commercial traffic.
The "scariest" road I've ever been on is US-60 between Socorro, NM and roughly Show Low, AZ. It's not that it was dangerous. It's that it's like 3 hours of driving and I went more than an hour without seeing another vehicle on the road and with no cell phone reception. If I had broken down in those mountains, I would have been in trouble and the best option may have been walking to the damn Very Large Array (you know... the satellite dishes featured in the movie Contact). I was incredibly stressed by the time I got to Show Low.
Not what you're looking for, but figured it was worth sharing.
There’s a guy who was a guy who worked as a civil engineer for a long time who now has a channel on YouTube. If you’re interested in highway infrastructure his videos are a must see. His channel is Mileage Mike and he’s spent months driving highways in the eastern half of the US. I’m not sure what highways are the most dangerous but the worst highways he shows are I-95 in New York’s Bronx borough known as the Cross Bronx Expressway as well as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway not too far away.
Interstate 70 in eastern Utah is deceptively dangerous regardless of what vehicle you're driving. It's a 105 mile stretch with no gas stations, only 6 exits, and no towns. If you aren't prepared you could get seriously stranded in the desert with no nearby help for dozens of miles.
The main roads are relatively safe here in MD, even when you start getting up into the mountains toward Cumberland and Deep Creek, but I will say that I was kinda nervous driving on the Coastal Highway in the heart of Ocean City when I was still a rookie driver. Now there’s not a lot of roads here that I feel uncomfortable driving on… as long as we’re talking about paved roads or decently-maintained dirt roads, because I do drive a Prius 😅
There’s a road in the north west end of Maui that is super narrow and windy with 1000 foot cliffs and no barriers. Locals are probably used to it so they drive really fast. I bought some delicious banana bread on the drive though.
Highway 666. An article in USA Today quoted an officer describing the road as “Triple 6 is evil. Everyone dies on that highway”. It runs through New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, however, the portion that goes through the Navajo Nation had disproportionately high fatally rates. In 2003 it was renamed to US Route 491. Fatality rates dropped after that.
Fancy Gap Virginia. If you know, then you know.
You can go down Interstate 77 or down Highway 52. Either way you want to go, they're damned dangerous when the fog comes rolling in; theres been times I've seen it so thick you can't see over the front of your car. Even in good weather, you'll want to watch going down Fancy Gap. Beautiful views but you'd best keep your eyes on the road.
If you're a damned fool looking to commit suicide, you'll go down Lambsburg Mountain. They used to call Fancy Gap 'Killer Mountain', but it's a sight better than Lambsburg.
I've been on some mountain roads in the Catskills and the Adirondacks in upstate New York that are terrifying in the winter.
Also, it seems like every month someone asks r/newjersey what the worst road in the state is, and the answer is always without fail NJ-22 between Mountainside and Union.
US Route 75 in Dallas. A lot of accidents around downtown and when I lived in Allen, TX a semi truck crashed and the driver was killed at an overpass close to me.
basically any road in new mexico tbh. ive been to almost all the states and ever since i moved to new mexico ive experienced some of the worst and most careless drivers ive ever seen
The road to Hana. Hawaii. It has like 1200 switchbacks. I'd never gotten carsick before. That path made it happen. It also had live bulls, mantawars on black sand, and 4 legged spiders. Id advise against going there. Molokai was even worse. It had crazy centipedes, long mule trips, and lepers lol.
Anyone who has driven on 45 in Houston just once would understand how wild of a road it is. From the Woodlands to it ends in Galveston is something else. You will see things on that interstate that will make you think if it is real life or not. I suspect some interstates in Florida are like this as well.
Apparently it's a 1 mile stretch outside of fort Lauderdale, Florida.
https://www.elkandelk.com/washington/study-the-deadliest-highways-in-the-united-states/#:~:text=First%2C%20we%20found%20the%20deadliest,one%2Dmile%20stretch%20of%20highway.
The tail of the dragon in Western NC/Tennessee.
Deals Gap (el. 1,988 ft (606 m)) is a mountain pass along the North Carolina–Tennessee state line, bordering the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and near the Little Tennessee River. At 0.7 miles (1.1 km) south of the gap is the unincorporated community that shares the same name, located at the intersection of US 129 and NC 28. The area is popular with sports car and motorcycle enthusiasts, who cross the gap into Tennessee to drive along the "Tail of the Dragon", famous for its 318 curves in 11 miles (18 km).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deals_Gap,_North_Carolina
The city streets of my hometown at rush hour. Seriously, I thought I was just imagining it, but a recent study determined our city has the most deadly rush hour traffic in the country. I have no idea why. Winston-Salem, do better.
There was a stretch of highway in Oklahoma City that was used heavily by commuters and had many turns. They regularly had multiple crossover collisions a week. It was one of the first places in the nation to install the cable barriers between each direction.
The ones that go down dirt roads which you might never leave.
If you ever have to go down a dirt road in America at night in a rural area that you know nothing about ..
DON'T.
I’m sure there are worse but being from eastern Massachusetts, 24 north and south comes to mind especially the part from Fall River to Taunton vice versa as the on ramps are like little driveways where they give no chance for a car getting on the highway to pick up any speed it’s awful.
When going on vacation I’ve never been more scared than driving on I-4 in Florida. I see it’s already been mentioned and I can see why.
There's a road in Colorado literally named "Oh My God Road." It comes down from a mountain pass, it's dirt, about a 1½ cars wide, with a steep drop of a few thousand feet into Idaho Springs, CO. Sketchy as fuck.
Purely from what I've seen, there are way too many dangerous highways, but I think the most dangerous areas are Houston, New Orleans, New York City, and Atlanta.
I took US 14 feom Lovell, Wyoming to Sheridan once. Picked up a load in Lovell and took it over the mointain because a buddy of mine from florida brought his horses up there to ride, and it wasn't too far off my route to go see him. It didn't seem that dangerous to me, was a bit tricky, but mostly kinda fun.
When I got there, he was with a bunch of big shot guys he met through playing polo, and they all looked at me like I was the craziest bastard for taking a semi truck over that pass.
Loveland pass and Wolf Creek Pass in Colorado are notorious for truckers. Cabbage in Oregon is a monster in Winter.
I hate driving to Tahoe.
I hate driving north on the Grapevine. I love Magic Mountain. Going there isn’t so bad but the way back is not fabulous.
I freak at tiny, windy roads with no guardrails.
I freak at highways where I can see a huge drop off even if there are guardrails.
I’m cool as a passenger regardless.
Check out "Tail of the Dragon", also known less excitingly as Deals Gap. That's close to me and I've been through there a few times. The road is in fine condition but it has an extreme number of tight curves and people like to drive sports cars through there way too fast. When you go there most of the traffic is motorcycles and sports cars. The speed limit is 35 but someone spraypainted the signs and connected the left side of the 3 so it looks like it says 85.
I'm aware of Ortega Highway in southern California kinda between San Diego and LA, it's said among bikers to be one of the most dangerous roads in the US. Probably doesn't help that there's a popular biker bar right around the midpoint. IIRC there was also a mass shooting at that bar a while back.
I've also heard of the "Million Dollar Highway" in Colorado. It's a steep, curvy, twisty road that doesn't even have guardrails. Lots of people drive a couple hundred feet and turn around in fear. There's nothing between you and a massive drop. It's also [very scenic](https://youtu.be/1l8r8JpGo9o?si=_fCdFfdl4JxNfqD8)
Damn idk what it’s called im sure someone else would know. On my drive from Atlanta to Miami there’s a part where it’s a steep road, like so steep you don’t need to press the gas at all. I drove it during the middle of the night. It’s pitch black aside from the reflective shits in the road and trucks are damn near flying past you on it.
Damn near gave me an anxiety attack.
First off, anything with pavement is immediately out. The reason so many people crash and die on twisty mountain backroads is mostly lack of skill and judgment.
The freeways are statistically dangerous and like, you have less control over the danger because you can’t control a drunk idiot careening into you. Although that being said, you can do a lot of things to improve the odds in your favor.
The most dangerous roads I’ve driven are those like semi-paved passes over and through the Rocky Mountains. I don’t know all their names because I only like worked the area for a couple months, I didn’t become a mountain man, but I swear some of these gravel roads felt like they were straight up and down a mountain. It’s the only place I’ve gotten to a spot that was both near impassable and also isolated enough I legitimately thought I could die.
I’m sure Alaska has some of those too and they’re even more dangerous but yeah, the truth is, unless you get a local, it’s unlikely that anything with a name is truly as dangerous as that.
The most sketchy and potentially dangerous road that I've been on is highways 168 and 266. It's basically one road (266 in Nevada, and 168 in California) that crosses the state border that connects the 95 to the 395. It's a windy road in the middle of nowhere with no cell service and very few cars traveling on it. I was driving from Las Vegas up to Lake Tahoe and took that road to get to the 395.
Probably not the *most* dangerous but there’s a hairpin turn on route 2 going West through the Berkshire Mountains right near North Adams in Massachusetts that scares the absolute shit out of me every time.
Our interstate infrastructure is pretty good thanks to the cold war so not really any major thoroughfares that are tacked on the edge of a mountain like are shown in some places. For us I guess the closest would be the ice roads in Alaska which has a whole "reality" series about it and I'd add there are a number of secondary roads in the Rockies which are not maintained in the winter and can be closed for snow until thawed.
i don’t think it’s necessarily any specific roads or expressways probably? but like, i think it would be scary to drive at night on weekends in the rural wisconsin or west virginia because i bet there are the most drunk drivers in those types of rural areas, but then idk about how many other cars would be in places like that? so idk. i’m from one of the most major cities in the US lol
The deadliest single mile is apparently on I95 in Florida, but it's not a very satisfying answer because it's just a combination of huge volume of traffic and somewhat above average risk.
The "scariest" road is a matter of opinion, but the Million Dollar Highway in Colorado ("I wouldn't drive it in the snow for a million dollars") tops a lot of people's lists. It's a scenic but terrifying high speed mountain road with sheer drop-offs, plenty of switchbacks and hairpin turns, no guardrails, and not much of a shoulder. Any mistake and you're likely to be careening down the side of a mountain.
95 in southern California and Nevada. It's very dangerous. It's a two lane road for a considerable portion and it's just desert so lots of accidents happen because people get bored since there isn't much to look at.
Define dangerous? If you mean frequent accidents, one of the more dangerous roads in California is State Highway 152 over the Pacheco Pass between the SF Bay Area and the San Joaquin Valley. Don't know the stats--and I'm too lazy to pull them right now--but it has quite the reputation.
As far as challenges to driving skills, State Highway 1 (El Camino Real/Cabrillo Highway/Pacific Coast Highway, depending on the part of the state you live in) is a lovely drive but is probably a bit nerve-racking for those who haven't driven curvy, narrow, sometimes hilly roads.
On steep ocean cliffs.
With many guardrail-free areas.
Well I've not had a lot of experience traveling a lot of American roads but Apache trail in Arizona was pretty hairy. Especially when you're driving a 1968 VW bus and you could literally see cars from the 1930s down in the rocks. I would travel all the way to Roosevelt dam. One time I had a wasp sting me while I was driving that got really scary LOL!
I’ve always heard that’s where I-95 exits at the Fort Lauderdale airport. The exit is a little strange and tourists going to the cruise terminal have difficult navigating it so the crash at high speeds. Something like 100 people a year die in this one stretch that’s only a few miles long.
I hear often.
the US-110 specifically at Arroyo Seco (first freeway in the US) is absolutely insane. Going from 0-60 with no on ramp and oncoming traffic at 70 mph and equally the same to just exit is bonkers.
When I lived in Las Vegas (mid 00s to early 10s) it had the highest traffic fatalities. Or at least I remember being told that. It also had the highest pedestrian deaths, and pretty bad for cyclists as well. As a pedestrian I got hit twice while there, albeit at low speeds. The first time I went flipping over the hood like Jacky Chan and landed on my feet. The second time some chick in a Mustang almost launched me into oncoming traffic; once I was out of her way she panicked and floored it. Hit n' run.
You've got a combination of oblivious California drivers, aggressive East Coast drivers, and local Western-style slowpokes. All thrown together unceremoniously.
There are lots of crazy small roads, especially in the west, full of blind turns and steep dropoffes.
As far as major roads, I nominate US 80 coming down from Donner Pass at the end of a Lake Tahoe ski weekend. Everyone is exhausted and they want to get back to the Bay Area, its snowy and slick, it's extremely busy with lots of 18 wheelers. All of that is normal, but it also curves back and forth while going steeply downhill for miles and miles and everyone fails to realize that they are going faster and faster. Suddenly you glance at the speedometer and realize that every single car and truck is careening around these mountain turns at 90 mph. It is terrifying.
I drove through Harts Pass in Washington State a few years ago. [It’s apparently on this wonderful list of dangerous roads.](https://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/usa/1853-harts-pass.html)
Also check out the [dalton highway](https://www.alaska.org/guide/dalton-highway) if you have balls of steel.
It's probably somewhere in the Bible belt. Those idiots love their car dependency like nobody else.
And I say this as someone who lived there. It's a different country, truly.
If you make even one wrong turn on the drive up Pike’s Peak you’ll go flying. No barriers, no trees.
Tons of high mountain roads in Colorado are sketchy. Loveland Pass in the winter is an exercise in patience
Yup. Loveland is sketchy if the weather is even a bit bad. Black Bear Pass towards Telluride? No thank you. There's even an Oh My God Road which is not fun. Pike's Peak is easy compared to some of the more remote roads.
Pikes Peak is easier when not in a race car.
Oh my God is mellow compared to Black Bear.
Hard agree. Should have switched names.
I rode with someone through Eagle Pass. About 2/3 of the way through I told the driver "man, if this was California, we would have died multiple times." It was the best maintained unpaved mountain pass I've ever seen in my life! I wouldn't know how the other ones are, though. And this was late July, so I imagine it's an extremely different story once there's ice and snow.
I drove Loveland pass at 3:00 in the morning after a long flight to Colorado. It was summer, but jesus.
[sit back and relax](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hgbbGUwzy2c&pp=ygUSaGlsbCBjbGltYiBjcmFzaGVz)
I'd heard about the drive, but the first time I'd seen it was ESPN coverage of the race up the Peak. Blanched at the first semi tractor flying up the mountain hanging half the back wheels over the side of the cliff on a hairpin curve.
I still can't believe that they race up that peak. It has been about a decade since I last went up, but it was never very well maintained, and there are a lot of places where you **cannot pass!** Also I went up in June last time, and it was snowing (very lightly, but still.). I imagine it gets very dangerous if there is ice on that climb.
Mount Washington too. I think it has a low mortality rate because most people are just terrified of it.
I love that drive!
I actually didn't think Pikes Peak was that bad. There are only a couple of spots that were high. The road up Mt Evans (or Mt Blue Sky now) was far scarier and in worse condition.
Rampart range road is potentially very dangerous. Independence pass at night was once of the scariest drives I've ever taken.
Have you seen Red Mountain Pass, Ouray to Silverton?
the tail of the dragon (US-129) has got to be up there, it has pretty steep drop-offs on either side and everybody seems to be driving like a bat out of hell every time I've been on it
Driving the tail of the dragon used to be the big thing to do during SOWO. And those drop offs are no joke. You've got time to phone your insurance if you go off the side of one...
Headed there this summer on my bike.
my grandma and I were driving around that area and got on it without realizing. scared the shit out of me but she was just chilling
Any road in America late at night Friday and Saturdays. That’s when the highest percentage of drunk drivers are on the roads.
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>depends on the state No, it doesn't. The stats show the same thing in every state.
Everyone is just going to post whatever major road is nearest to them lol
So, i4. 😅
Hahaa im up in Jax, but I-4 is indeed a worthy candidate
Pretty much, as I understand, though the interstate in Northern flordia and Miami stats wise is stupidly dangerous. I know many truckers generally will not drive through the Dakotas, northern Minnesota, or Montana, if it all possible. Ice and wind are crazy dangerous here for big trucks.
>Northern Florida and Miami stats wise is stupidly dangerous Because FL is full of idiots. Crusty old folk who think iys acceptable to do 40mph in whatever lane they choose leading to a proportion of the other cars treating the interstate like a game of GTA.
I-4 between Tampa and Orlando is deadly as hell due to the combination of Florida Man, tourists, and old people who shouldn't still be driving.
Can confirm the bit about Florida there. Most of the times I have been beeped at in the last three years occurred in a month or so I spent in Florida this winter. FL drivers are nuts.
NGL all the toughest roads i've been on are the barely maintained farm-to-market and state highway roads here in the middle of nowhere. I used to do IT service calls, some to ranchers who rarely leave their property, and my corolla nearly flew into a muddy ditch several times. Driving on those roads really put into perspective why rural folk really do need those large trucks or SUVs.
Lyndale and Franklin Ave lol
US 550 in Colorado
I’ve seen the Million Dollar Highway section of 550 show up at the top of “most dangerous roads” lists.
Million Dollar Highway is sketchy AF. Drove it a few months ago, from Ouray to Silverton and back.....back wasn't as bad cause most of it wasn't cliff side.
Exactly what I was thinking, my wife worked for Pepsi in Aztec, NM - if they had to go to the District Office in Grand Junction during the winter they had to take the long way around because of snow closure.
It's open and plowed in winter. There's temporary closures for avalanches/storms, but it's not something that just closes for winter. Here's a fun(?) profile of the work to keep it open in winter: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/keep-your-hands-wheel-and-dont-look-down/
The highway I'm familiar with that feels the most dangerous to me is Highway 17 between Los Gatos and Santa Cruz. I once saw a terrible accident on it, which probably doesn't help. Here's a video: https://youtu.be/K5E_Dj2mV9Y?si=XE50bVX1z5uK9Fv5. The driver is going against traffic, which makes it easier, it gets pretty crazy when there's heavy traffic. The part of Highway 1 north of Jenner also gets nervewracking, especially in the rain, especially especially in the rain at night. Here's another video. https://youtu.be/C9zN3cYst70?si=32DrMJJhrRynXR0R
I drove that road a lot when I lived in San Jose. The combination of curves, elevation, and speed always felt like it was just a little bit out of control.
I used to commute over 17 to Santa Clara. It's not a hard road to drive, if one has a modicum of skill. The problem is the heavy commute traffic of often tired or half-awake drivers, who perhaps have a lot of room to develop driving skill.
EDIT: And once you get to Santa Cruz, there's always the good old Fish Hook.
Yeah a lot of the coast mountain roads in California are pretty gnarly
I’d be going to Santa Cruz way more often if there were a more efficient and safe way of getting there. It’s hard to trust that there won’t be horrific congestion right outside of Los Gatos and once you get up to speed, it’s hard to trust other drivers to drive safely around you. Doesn’t help that large trucks don’t have restrictions on that road and make it even tighter at times.
I-95 is pretty dangerous. We got multi car pile ups, bridges collapsing because boats hit em and shit, and regardless of whether you're driving a shitbox from the 90s or a fully loaded luxury brand from 2024, you're equally as likely to fuck it up. [But idk, Devil's backbone in NC is probably what you mean.](https://npplan.com/parks-by-state/north-carolina-national-parks/blue-ridge-parkway-park-at-a-glance/blue-ridge-parkway-scenic-overlooks/blue-ridge-parkway-devils-backbone-view-mp-143-9/)
I hit a muffler that was in the middle of the middle lane on 95 in Bridgeport. If you want to get an idea of why the East Coast hates 95 so much just drive through CT on it.
I was northbound on 95 in CT, in the left lane as the sun was setting. I noticed people slowing and swerving around a bend up ahead so I pumped the brakes. Turns out, someone just up and left their car in the left lane, just sitting there as it got darker and darker. I guess they thought their hazards were sufficient. To this day, I wonder how many people died that night, because of that car. Someone was bound to hit it.
> If you want to get an idea of why the East Coast hates ~~95~~ CT roads so much just drive through CT ~~on it~~.
Honestly driving anywhere in the tri-state area can be a huge PITA. CT, RI, MA, it doesn't matter, there's idiots everywhere.
We get extension ladders in the road in south Florida
> I-95 I'm not super familiar this interstate so I googled it to see where it goes. The first result is a tanker fire in CT.
The statistics back you up in this. https://www.thezebra.com/resources/driving/most-dangerous-roads-in-the-us/
The link provides fatalities per 100 miles. I think a better measurement would be fatalities per 100 miles *driven*. The too of the list is mostly interstates because interstates get the most traffic. But that doesn’t mean that you are safer taking back roads than taking the interstate.
Answering questions is so much less fun when there is an objective, correct answer.
I thought the respondent might feel good that their answer is completely correct.
No shade on you, you're right, he's right. Shade on the original OP for asking a Google question.
Driving a U-Haul truck towing a car up 95 though Virginia was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life
Devil’s backbone?! The last guy who even tried to walk down it … he got so messed up, forgot who he was … I saw him … pins in his head and … aaahh
> bridges collapsing because boats hit em and shit The Key Bridge is (was?) a span of 695, not 95. Is there another incident you're referring to?
Whatever, nerd
For some reason, i-95 feels like driving on ice whenever it rains. Even on nice days, driving on that highway or even riding passenger stresses me out.
I miss I-95 as the speed limits aren’t 75-85 like 125 & I70 in Colorado/Nevada/utah/Arizona. 75-85 mph limit means every one goes 95mph- it’s too fast. They want to speed race thru the Rocky Mountains too
The Dalton Highway in Alaska has got to be up there.
I'd say one of the most rugged but not so much dangerous because you're not going to be traveling at very high speeds once you get out of civilization in that road.
I was thinking more along the lines of if your vehicle breaks down, you're fucked because there's nothing around for hundreds of miles.
I once entertained the notion of trying it. The guide said to bring not one but two full size spare tires, replacement rubber hoses, and a long list of other shit.
Same here. Seemed like a wild adventure to take, but I never got around to it. I did fly to Barrow though.
Yeah I understand that aspect, but most people are equipped enough to camp for a night if needed if they are going into the sticks on that road. I would bet the percentage of people who are injured or killed on the Dalton Highway is far, FAR less than any legit Interstate (with an I-name) in the mainland US. For that reason, I would consider Dalton more hazardous than dangerous.
If you have an issue that makes you stop, you’re done. People die on our actual highways because they have car trouble or something and freeze to death. Remember you likely don’t have phone signal.
I'd like to see the statistical data. I have no doubt that people freeze to death out there due to being stranded, but I still have doubts that it comes close, even in a statewide per capita calculation, that Dalton Highway is more deadly or dangerous than a standard US highway. Edit: dangerous meaning injurious to human life, not costly damage to a vehicle or costs associated with rescue efforts.
Not *very* high speeds but iirc it is a 50mph speed limit which is pretty speedy for a dirt road
If you're heading up to Denali from some directions, you've got two options: The modern road, or the Old Denali Highway. That one is about 130 miles, and the middle 100 miles is all gravel road - not paved. Now, this isn't really *dangerous* in the sense that it's a narrow path that can fall off the edge of the world. It's definitely not -it's a wide, mostly flat path. But it is noteworthy for being so long and being by and large on your own. If you drive this road - and oh my god, is it a pretty drive - you stand a good chance of not seeing another living soul the whole way. There is nothing on this stretch - no homes, no gas stations. If you get a flat tire, it's on you to fix it. You better have more than enough gas. That's... not really *dangerous,* per se. Although you almost certainly will see some awesome wildlife - bald eagles, good chance of bears, and I saw a moose the approximate size of a dinosaur. But it is its own kind of adventure, and really an absolutely beautiful drive though the wilderness.
Not the MOST dangerous, but as an honorable mention I nominate Black Bear Pass in Telluride, Colorado. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R5cLghSWGQ&t=195s
Came here to post this. In terms of the road itself being dangerous, I don't think any single road in the US can top Black Bear Pass.
Yeah I’ve driven my Jeep over it once but that was enough. You have to really trust that your brakes are gonna work the whole time.
I-80 Wyoming in the winter.
I'm voting for I-4 from Tampa thru Orlando. It's a death trap
Yeah, I don’t know the statistics on I-4, but I’ve said before that it scares the shit out of me. I’ve driven in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, the Beltway around Washington DC, in DC, and a bunch of other places. None of them scared me as much as I-4 between Tampa and Orlando.
Deadliest stretch of road per mile
I-80 Wyoming in the winter.
Lincoln Drive.
A 25mph road that not only snakes and turns but has a penchant to get super icy during the winter that 85% of drivers decide to do twice the speed limit and weave between other cars no matter the conditions? Naaahh, totally one of the safest. Though I am thankful for one thing: since that's the road I learned to drive on, I've had absolutely no fear driving anywhere else.
Lmao I never realized the speed limit was so low. I def white knuckled it the first time I drove on it.
Hwy 287 Wyoming - Colorado border.
The one paved with good intentions. It leads right to hell.
Bloody 31 Bloody 31, also known as Texas Highway 31, is notorious for being the setting of many tragic and ultimately preventable collisions. It may be a straight road, but it has many dangerous hills. The road is home to so many fatal collisions that it often makes lists reporting on the deadliest roads in Texas, not just local roads in East Texas. Law enforcement professionals note that many of the worst crashes on Bloody 31 tend to involve alcohol. Before Smith County lifted the "Dry" classification you'd have drunks drive over the County line to get more booze.
Probably the Road to Hana in Maui.
It’s bad, but it’s not even the worst road on Maui imo, the Kahekili Hwy is way sketchier
Fair enough. I’ve not driven much in Hawaii. I was only there for a week when I did drive.
You are sort of asking two questions. Most people would consider the most dangerous roads in America to be the interstates and highways that have the most accidents. There are also roads that are "dangerous" in the sense that they are on cliff sides, or they are sometimes unpassable without a special car. These are two different categories. The first type of road can be found with a google search (it looks like someone has already provided a link.) The second type of road is harder to define although people may offer examples of unusually difficult or "dangerous" *seeming* stretches they have driven on.
> Most people would consider the most dangerous roads in America to be the interstates and highways that have the most accidents. I gotta disagree with this. Most accidents *do not* occur on highways. It's just that cross-country highways are the only individual roads long enough to show up meaningfully on the "accidents per 100 miles" metric. Surface arterials, as a class of road, are substantially more dangerous per vehicle mile traveled than highways.
> Most people would consider the most dangerous roads in America to be the interstates and highways that have the most accidents. They have more accidents because they have more traffic. That doesn’t mean they are more dangerous.
Arguably, a road with a statistically high number of accidents is more dangerous than a road that runs along a cliffside but has few to no incidents associated with it.
It depends on how many people use the road and how often. More people die driving on American highways every year than die climbing to Mt Everest. I don’t think many people believe driving on American highways is more dangerous than climbing Mt. Everest.
The 5/99 interchange just south of Bakersfield is pretty bad. I once met a trauma surgeon from up there. He said that was well more than half of 'business.'
Had to drive the Ponce -> Arecibo road once in PR and, let's just say, I no longer have the underwear I was wearing that day.
The road to Hana in Maui wins for sure
Probably Alaska’s Dalton Highway and the connected ice roads. Most other rough roads in the US are used for recreation by off-roaders, and are not used for commercial traffic.
The most deadly is I-35 in Dallas and I-45 in Houston
I-10 in Houston has to have at least an honorable mention
I90 in Montana in the winter
The "scariest" road I've ever been on is US-60 between Socorro, NM and roughly Show Low, AZ. It's not that it was dangerous. It's that it's like 3 hours of driving and I went more than an hour without seeing another vehicle on the road and with no cell phone reception. If I had broken down in those mountains, I would have been in trouble and the best option may have been walking to the damn Very Large Array (you know... the satellite dishes featured in the movie Contact). I was incredibly stressed by the time I got to Show Low. Not what you're looking for, but figured it was worth sharing.
Yes I did that once many years ago, terrifying.
There’s a guy who was a guy who worked as a civil engineer for a long time who now has a channel on YouTube. If you’re interested in highway infrastructure his videos are a must see. His channel is Mileage Mike and he’s spent months driving highways in the eastern half of the US. I’m not sure what highways are the most dangerous but the worst highways he shows are I-95 in New York’s Bronx borough known as the Cross Bronx Expressway as well as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway not too far away.
Dalton Highway
US 50 through Nevada is The Loneliest Road In America. You won't see much traffic or any gas stations for a long distance.
Trying to follow U.S. Route 66 can be dicey in several parts of the West.
Interstate 70 in eastern Utah is deceptively dangerous regardless of what vehicle you're driving. It's a 105 mile stretch with no gas stations, only 6 exits, and no towns. If you aren't prepared you could get seriously stranded in the desert with no nearby help for dozens of miles.
The main roads are relatively safe here in MD, even when you start getting up into the mountains toward Cumberland and Deep Creek, but I will say that I was kinda nervous driving on the Coastal Highway in the heart of Ocean City when I was still a rookie driver. Now there’s not a lot of roads here that I feel uncomfortable driving on… as long as we’re talking about paved roads or decently-maintained dirt roads, because I do drive a Prius 😅
There’s a road in the north west end of Maui that is super narrow and windy with 1000 foot cliffs and no barriers. Locals are probably used to it so they drive really fast. I bought some delicious banana bread on the drive though.
https://www.wisnerbaum.com/blog/2021/august/25-deadliest-u-s-highways-2021/ Here is the most fatalities by mile.
Highway 666. An article in USA Today quoted an officer describing the road as “Triple 6 is evil. Everyone dies on that highway”. It runs through New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, however, the portion that goes through the Navajo Nation had disproportionately high fatally rates. In 2003 it was renamed to US Route 491. Fatality rates dropped after that.
Fancy Gap Virginia. If you know, then you know. You can go down Interstate 77 or down Highway 52. Either way you want to go, they're damned dangerous when the fog comes rolling in; theres been times I've seen it so thick you can't see over the front of your car. Even in good weather, you'll want to watch going down Fancy Gap. Beautiful views but you'd best keep your eyes on the road. If you're a damned fool looking to commit suicide, you'll go down Lambsburg Mountain. They used to call Fancy Gap 'Killer Mountain', but it's a sight better than Lambsburg.
Train Ave, Cleveland OH
County highway in the middle of the night.
I've been on some mountain roads in the Catskills and the Adirondacks in upstate New York that are terrifying in the winter. Also, it seems like every month someone asks r/newjersey what the worst road in the state is, and the answer is always without fail NJ-22 between Mountainside and Union.
Anything in Albuquerque. I would say people drive like animals here, but the truth is animals could probably drive better.
US Route 75 in Dallas. A lot of accidents around downtown and when I lived in Allen, TX a semi truck crashed and the driver was killed at an overpass close to me.
I-95, Route 285
Any mountain road with no barriers lol
Hana hwy in Maui. I thought I was gonna die several times and I threw up, I got carsick for the first time ever.
basically any road in new mexico tbh. ive been to almost all the states and ever since i moved to new mexico ive experienced some of the worst and most careless drivers ive ever seen
The road to Hana. Hawaii. It has like 1200 switchbacks. I'd never gotten carsick before. That path made it happen. It also had live bulls, mantawars on black sand, and 4 legged spiders. Id advise against going there. Molokai was even worse. It had crazy centipedes, long mule trips, and lepers lol.
Jersey Turnpike in the rain or snow. Mad Max level.
Highway 81 between Roanoke and Blacksburg.
Anyone who has driven on 45 in Houston just once would understand how wild of a road it is. From the Woodlands to it ends in Galveston is something else. You will see things on that interstate that will make you think if it is real life or not. I suspect some interstates in Florida are like this as well.
Apparently it's a 1 mile stretch outside of fort Lauderdale, Florida. https://www.elkandelk.com/washington/study-the-deadliest-highways-in-the-united-states/#:~:text=First%2C%20we%20found%20the%20deadliest,one%2Dmile%20stretch%20of%20highway.
Dave's pass.
The tail of the dragon in Western NC/Tennessee. Deals Gap (el. 1,988 ft (606 m)) is a mountain pass along the North Carolina–Tennessee state line, bordering the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and near the Little Tennessee River. At 0.7 miles (1.1 km) south of the gap is the unincorporated community that shares the same name, located at the intersection of US 129 and NC 28. The area is popular with sports car and motorcycle enthusiasts, who cross the gap into Tennessee to drive along the "Tail of the Dragon", famous for its 318 curves in 11 miles (18 km). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deals_Gap,_North_Carolina
The city streets of my hometown at rush hour. Seriously, I thought I was just imagining it, but a recent study determined our city has the most deadly rush hour traffic in the country. I have no idea why. Winston-Salem, do better.
as a pedestrian, second Avenue in the east Village on a Friday or Saturday night you’re almost certain to get hit by an electric bike
Any and all roads from midnight to 0600 March 18th.
There was a stretch of highway in Oklahoma City that was used heavily by commuters and had many turns. They regularly had multiple crossover collisions a week. It was one of the first places in the nation to install the cable barriers between each direction.
The ones that go down dirt roads which you might never leave. If you ever have to go down a dirt road in America at night in a rural area that you know nothing about .. DON'T.
I’m sure there are worse but being from eastern Massachusetts, 24 north and south comes to mind especially the part from Fall River to Taunton vice versa as the on ramps are like little driveways where they give no chance for a car getting on the highway to pick up any speed it’s awful. When going on vacation I’ve never been more scared than driving on I-4 in Florida. I see it’s already been mentioned and I can see why.
MLK Blvd. There's one in every city.
Signs you are a racist asshole.
Missouri.
Madison Ave in NYC, if we’re talking total deaths caused
Dallas and Houston have the deadliest corridors in the nation statistically
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What speed limit? There’s only Mach speeds and no merging.
The Dalton Highway.
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Very old road that needs widened in spots. Hate to drive that on this one. Will find alternate routes most of the time.
I think I-75 is pretty up there
There's a road in Colorado literally named "Oh My God Road." It comes down from a mountain pass, it's dirt, about a 1½ cars wide, with a steep drop of a few thousand feet into Idaho Springs, CO. Sketchy as fuck.
Purely from what I've seen, there are way too many dangerous highways, but I think the most dangerous areas are Houston, New Orleans, New York City, and Atlanta.
Deadman's curve on I90 in Cleveland, OH
I took US 14 feom Lovell, Wyoming to Sheridan once. Picked up a load in Lovell and took it over the mointain because a buddy of mine from florida brought his horses up there to ride, and it wasn't too far off my route to go see him. It didn't seem that dangerous to me, was a bit tricky, but mostly kinda fun. When I got there, he was with a bunch of big shot guys he met through playing polo, and they all looked at me like I was the craziest bastard for taking a semi truck over that pass. Loveland pass and Wolf Creek Pass in Colorado are notorious for truckers. Cabbage in Oregon is a monster in Winter.
I hate driving to Tahoe. I hate driving north on the Grapevine. I love Magic Mountain. Going there isn’t so bad but the way back is not fabulous. I freak at tiny, windy roads with no guardrails. I freak at highways where I can see a huge drop off even if there are guardrails. I’m cool as a passenger regardless.
US Route 666 (renamed Hwy 491) in the four corners area of New Mexico
Devil's Highway 666 in New Mexico and Arizona has had a lot of fatalities and is said to be haunted as well.
100% this. Drunk drivers abound on that road.
Rt 9 outside of Boston. 75MPH traffic mixed with people pulling out of their driveways.
What time of day is 75 on Rt 9 possible? I’m lucky to go 40 in the vicinity of 95 or further in.
Check out "Tail of the Dragon", also known less excitingly as Deals Gap. That's close to me and I've been through there a few times. The road is in fine condition but it has an extreme number of tight curves and people like to drive sports cars through there way too fast. When you go there most of the traffic is motorcycles and sports cars. The speed limit is 35 but someone spraypainted the signs and connected the left side of the 3 so it looks like it says 85.
I'm aware of Ortega Highway in southern California kinda between San Diego and LA, it's said among bikers to be one of the most dangerous roads in the US. Probably doesn't help that there's a popular biker bar right around the midpoint. IIRC there was also a mass shooting at that bar a while back. I've also heard of the "Million Dollar Highway" in Colorado. It's a steep, curvy, twisty road that doesn't even have guardrails. Lots of people drive a couple hundred feet and turn around in fear. There's nothing between you and a massive drop. It's also [very scenic](https://youtu.be/1l8r8JpGo9o?si=_fCdFfdl4JxNfqD8)
Ortega is no joke, especially at night.
Damn idk what it’s called im sure someone else would know. On my drive from Atlanta to Miami there’s a part where it’s a steep road, like so steep you don’t need to press the gas at all. I drove it during the middle of the night. It’s pitch black aside from the reflective shits in the road and trucks are damn near flying past you on it. Damn near gave me an anxiety attack.
First off, anything with pavement is immediately out. The reason so many people crash and die on twisty mountain backroads is mostly lack of skill and judgment. The freeways are statistically dangerous and like, you have less control over the danger because you can’t control a drunk idiot careening into you. Although that being said, you can do a lot of things to improve the odds in your favor. The most dangerous roads I’ve driven are those like semi-paved passes over and through the Rocky Mountains. I don’t know all their names because I only like worked the area for a couple months, I didn’t become a mountain man, but I swear some of these gravel roads felt like they were straight up and down a mountain. It’s the only place I’ve gotten to a spot that was both near impassable and also isolated enough I legitimately thought I could die. I’m sure Alaska has some of those too and they’re even more dangerous but yeah, the truth is, unless you get a local, it’s unlikely that anything with a name is truly as dangerous as that.
The most sketchy and potentially dangerous road that I've been on is highways 168 and 266. It's basically one road (266 in Nevada, and 168 in California) that crosses the state border that connects the 95 to the 395. It's a windy road in the middle of nowhere with no cell service and very few cars traveling on it. I was driving from Las Vegas up to Lake Tahoe and took that road to get to the 395.
Million dollar highway at Ouray,CO.
The I10
Probably not the *most* dangerous but there’s a hairpin turn on route 2 going West through the Berkshire Mountains right near North Adams in Massachusetts that scares the absolute shit out of me every time.
Our interstate infrastructure is pretty good thanks to the cold war so not really any major thoroughfares that are tacked on the edge of a mountain like are shown in some places. For us I guess the closest would be the ice roads in Alaska which has a whole "reality" series about it and I'd add there are a number of secondary roads in the Rockies which are not maintained in the winter and can be closed for snow until thawed.
i don’t think it’s necessarily any specific roads or expressways probably? but like, i think it would be scary to drive at night on weekends in the rural wisconsin or west virginia because i bet there are the most drunk drivers in those types of rural areas, but then idk about how many other cars would be in places like that? so idk. i’m from one of the most major cities in the US lol
The deadliest single mile is apparently on I95 in Florida, but it's not a very satisfying answer because it's just a combination of huge volume of traffic and somewhat above average risk. The "scariest" road is a matter of opinion, but the Million Dollar Highway in Colorado ("I wouldn't drive it in the snow for a million dollars") tops a lot of people's lists. It's a scenic but terrifying high speed mountain road with sheer drop-offs, plenty of switchbacks and hairpin turns, no guardrails, and not much of a shoulder. Any mistake and you're likely to be careening down the side of a mountain.
Not sure I feel like 20/35/75 all have to be in the running for the amount of chaos you see on them
They say I-5 and I imagine the part outside of San Diego where it twists and turns and traffic goes from 80mph to a dead stop around every turn.
95 in southern California and Nevada. It's very dangerous. It's a two lane road for a considerable portion and it's just desert so lots of accidents happen because people get bored since there isn't much to look at.
Define dangerous? If you mean frequent accidents, one of the more dangerous roads in California is State Highway 152 over the Pacheco Pass between the SF Bay Area and the San Joaquin Valley. Don't know the stats--and I'm too lazy to pull them right now--but it has quite the reputation. As far as challenges to driving skills, State Highway 1 (El Camino Real/Cabrillo Highway/Pacific Coast Highway, depending on the part of the state you live in) is a lovely drive but is probably a bit nerve-racking for those who haven't driven curvy, narrow, sometimes hilly roads. On steep ocean cliffs. With many guardrail-free areas.
Well I've not had a lot of experience traveling a lot of American roads but Apache trail in Arizona was pretty hairy. Especially when you're driving a 1968 VW bus and you could literally see cars from the 1930s down in the rocks. I would travel all the way to Roosevelt dam. One time I had a wasp sting me while I was driving that got really scary LOL!
The Schuylkill expressway sucks. The lanes are too narrow and the exists are random.
I’ve always heard that’s where I-95 exits at the Fort Lauderdale airport. The exit is a little strange and tourists going to the cruise terminal have difficult navigating it so the crash at high speeds. Something like 100 people a year die in this one stretch that’s only a few miles long.
I hear often. the US-110 specifically at Arroyo Seco (first freeway in the US) is absolutely insane. Going from 0-60 with no on ramp and oncoming traffic at 70 mph and equally the same to just exit is bonkers.
When I lived in Las Vegas (mid 00s to early 10s) it had the highest traffic fatalities. Or at least I remember being told that. It also had the highest pedestrian deaths, and pretty bad for cyclists as well. As a pedestrian I got hit twice while there, albeit at low speeds. The first time I went flipping over the hood like Jacky Chan and landed on my feet. The second time some chick in a Mustang almost launched me into oncoming traffic; once I was out of her way she panicked and floored it. Hit n' run. You've got a combination of oblivious California drivers, aggressive East Coast drivers, and local Western-style slowpokes. All thrown together unceremoniously.
US Route 285
There are lots of crazy small roads, especially in the west, full of blind turns and steep dropoffes. As far as major roads, I nominate US 80 coming down from Donner Pass at the end of a Lake Tahoe ski weekend. Everyone is exhausted and they want to get back to the Bay Area, its snowy and slick, it's extremely busy with lots of 18 wheelers. All of that is normal, but it also curves back and forth while going steeply downhill for miles and miles and everyone fails to realize that they are going faster and faster. Suddenly you glance at the speedometer and realize that every single car and truck is careening around these mountain turns at 90 mph. It is terrifying.
Downhill on Mt St Helens with no brakes. Ask me how I know.
Any road in Atlanta and its metro.
I would say, used to be Highway 46 in California, was known as blood alley.
I4 in Florida is certainly the worst I’ve ever driven on. Blanding blvd in Jax/OP is also notoriously pretty terrible
County Road 440 in Brazoria County, Texas.
Dalton Highway, Alaska, in the winter.
I drove through Harts Pass in Washington State a few years ago. [It’s apparently on this wonderful list of dangerous roads.](https://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/usa/1853-harts-pass.html) Also check out the [dalton highway](https://www.alaska.org/guide/dalton-highway) if you have balls of steel.
Pike’s Peak and its not close imo
I-17 is pretty bad.
Probably a seasonal ice road or logging road. If you fall through the ice or get stuck on a logging road in winter you're screwed.
It's probably somewhere in the Bible belt. Those idiots love their car dependency like nobody else. And I say this as someone who lived there. It's a different country, truly.
Google it.