Slaughter alley

Slaughter alley is an American colloquial name given for sections of highway known for high rates of fatal traffic accidents.

Examples

United States

  • Blood Alley or Death Trap Highway: California State Route 138 (Pearblossom Highway) east of Palmdale and west of Interstate 15.[1]
  • California Deathway: California State Route 138. The road, which runs from Interstate 15 to Palmdale, averaged some 10 fatalities per year prior to improvements that began in 2006. In the past decade, fatalities have decreased thanks to upgrades like wider lanes.[2][3]

Australia

Israel

  • Highway 31 in southern Israel, 24 km between Sdom and Arad said to be pinned with obelisks for the dead.[4] Other parts of the road are prone to fatal accidents due to a single lane in each direction[5] and lack of separation between the lanes. The 31 km of the road had been declared as red road (a road that has more than average number of fatal accidents) by Or Yarok[6]

Canada

In 2009, the Canadian Automobile Association published a list of the most dangerous roads in Canada.[7]

  • 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. Between 2003 and 2015, a total of 190 people have died on Highway 63 and Highway 881.[8]
  • A 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) section of Highway 1 through the Canadian Rockies. Funds were committed in 2008 to upgrade the highway.[9]

Croatia

The A3 motorway section from Nova Gradiška to Slavonski Brod is believed to be cursed, because of many accidents that happen there each year. In a year and a half, 12 people died and 21 were injured. Amongst others a well known Macedonian singer, Toše Proeski.[10]

See also

References

  1. Featured in Dangerous World: Roads on the National Geographic Channel Archived 2007-05-28 at Wikiwix
  2. O' Neill, Daniel J. (August 16, 2017). "Most Dangerous Highways in California". Law Offices of Daniel J. O' Neill.
  3. "Pearblossom Highway Pavement Rehabilitation and Pedestrian Upgrade Project | Caltrans". California Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-02-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) channel 10 news, March 27, 2015
  5. שמיל, דניאל (3 February 2015). "כביש 31 בו אירעה תאונת האוטובוס הוא מהמסוכנים במדינה, אך העבודות לשדרוגו נמשכות בעצלתיים". Retrieved 9 February 2019 via Haaretz.
  6. "אור ירוק". Oryarok.org.il. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  7. CAA, "The Top 12 Most Dangerous Highways in Canada" Archived 2012-04-18 at WebCite, May 6th, 2009
  8. "The Fatalities of 63/881". Fatalities.safer63and881.com. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  9. CTV, "Feds fund project to twin 14 km of dangerous highway" Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine, August 5, 2008
  10. "Video - 24sata". 24sata.hr. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
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