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The Yungas Road, popularly known as The Death Road, is a 64-kilometre (40 mi) long cycle route linking the city of La Paz with the Yungas region of Bolivia. It was conceived in the 1930s by the Bolivian government to connect the capital city of La Paz with the Amazon Rainforest in the north part of the country.
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
Despite this, contemporary Western media said the incident may have been the deadliest known road accident, and one of the deadliest fires of modern times, with the death toll estimated at 2,700 to 3,000 people, including 700 Soviet soldiers. [1]
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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.
A fuel tanker overturned and exploded, creating a fireball that devastated the town of Sange in South Kivu province, killing 230 and injuring 196 in the deadliest road accident in history. [89] July 3 – Philippines – A bus lost its brakes and rammed a concrete wall in Toledo, Cebu, killing 15. [90] July 11 – Ireland – R238 traffic collision
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.
One of the deadliest crashes in Tennessee history, it led to the completion of Interstate 81 and the widening of many highways in the state from two lanes to four. [47] June 25 – Spain – A bus carrying soccer fans home from a game plunged into a ravine near Cáceres, killing 22 and injuring 34. [48]