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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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NATO member states States affected by territorial disputes ( Georgia , Moldova , Ukraine and Japan ( Kuril Islands )) Disputed regions recognised by Russia as either part of its territory or sovereign states ( Abkhazia , Crimea , Donetsk , Luhansk , South Ossetia ), or with de facto indpendent seperatists backed by Russia Transnistria
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.
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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.
Because of the many traffic accidents, the road between Jalalabad and Kabul is considered one of the most dangerous in the world. [4] [5] [6] It consists of narrow roads with sharp turns past high cliffs and a valley of the Kabul River below, with which it runs parallel. [7] It is a large part of the Afghan leg of the Grand Trunk Road.
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]