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World's Most Dangerous Roads is a British TV series in which two celebrities are filmed as they journey by 4×4 vehicle along roads considered among the world's most dangerous. The show was initially broadcast on BBC Two from 2011 to 2013, [1] and narrated by actor Adrian Dunbar. [1]
Several sections of the road are less than 3 metres (9.8 ft) wide, and due to presence of rain, fog, landslides, cascades, steep slopes and cliffs that drop more than 610 meters or 2000 feet, it is largely considered the most dangerous road in the world. [1] [2] [3]
Low-income countries now have the highest annual road traffic fatality rates, at 24.1 per 100,000, while the rate in high-income countries is lowest, at 9.2 per 100,000. [3] Seventy-four percent of road traffic deaths occur in middle-income countries, which account for only 53 percent of the world's registered vehicles.
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In 2009, the Canadian Automobile Association published a list of the most dangerous roads in Canada. [4]Between 2004 and 2009, the 400-kilometre (250 mi) undivided stretch of Highway 63 in Alberta saw 22 deaths and more than 250 injuries.
And with a population just topping 100,000, its speeding fatality rate comes out to 10.894 deaths per 100,000 residents annually, making it the most dangerous location for speeding in the U.S ...
The most dangerous road in Malaysia. [7] Trans Sumatra Toll Road [8] 2,048 km (1,272 mi) Indonesia: Banda Aceh: Bakauheni: It is expected to be completed in 2029. Length is the total planned network length. North–South expressway: 1,941 km (1,206 mi) Vietnam: Hanoi: Cần Thơ: Majority of the route still planned or under construction
Ranked fifth, Montana claimed 21.6 deaths per 100,000 in the population with Highway 2 being considered as one of the most dangerous roads in the state, the law firm found.