The most dangerous roads you have known.

[fast blue one]

In the UK we had a documentary the other day which identified Britain's most danger ous roads.
This got me thinking; Whats the most dangerous road you know?
Excluding surface I just mean other road users, bends, safety features that are anything but..............................................

 

[HavBlue]

Ortega Highway (74) in southern California and (52) in north central California. In one long weekend of 2005 while working for the Forest Service we had 4 days and 4 deaths related to motorcycles on the Ortega. Three were sportbikes and the fourth was a Harley bagger carrying a pillion. The pillion died and the rider made it after the had taken a turn to close to the centerline and got taken out by a truck. Interestingly there is a restaurant at the top named Hells Kitchen that has flames painted all over the outside. Inside you will find a black coffin with yellow and orange flames on it that doubles as a salad bar. The road goes from Lake Elsinore to San Juan Capistrano and has 105 turns in 20 miles. One turn is called deadman's curve.

 

[bluenova]

Most roads in Belgium.

We have this crazy 'Priority to the right' system whereby traffic joining a road has priority over the traffic already on the road unless otherwise stated, so you have to be careful at every side road you pass.

 

[chokeslam512]

Any surface road in Missouri. Cagers here can't drive for sh*t.

 

[HavBlue]

Any surface road in Missouri. Cagers here can't drive for sh*t.

Hey, come next door to Kentucky. They can't drive here either.....

 

[Cloggy]

Most roads in Belgium.

We have this crazy 'Priority to the right' system whereby traffic joining a road has priority over the traffic already on the road unless otherwise stated, so you have to be careful at every side road you pass.

+1 We have the same system in Holland, and I see endless crashes because of it, it also means that the junctions that are an exception to the rule have numerous traffic signs cluttering up the place, and you have to keep checking the road signs instead of concentrating on the road ahead.

 

[rbesr]

I thought drivers were bad around here until I rode in Cincinnati. Worst drivers in the world and really don't care if you are in the lane they want. They'll move you out of the way.

 

[Nelly]

Was that the documentary that featured the A59 road? something like 5 fatalities in one year?
We have a road going out of town to wards Oxford A4074. It has lots of twisties on it.
It became infamous in the 70's (my parents generation have a lot to answer to lol). The stretch of road became known as "The thirteen bends of death" (locals dispute this to seven bends ( the number between the two pubs). This is the UK's unofficial most dangerous road.
Legend has it that bikers and car drivers would try to get from one pub to another negotiating the bends to break a record time. In the UK this was pre seatbelt law.
It has even made the times.http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/features/article716874.ece

During my time working in the local ER I have looked after half a dozen accident victims from this stretch of road. A lot has been done to make the road safer. Double white lines, run off areas and in particular cutting back the tree line significantly.

Nelly.

 

[fast blue one]

It was the A537 "cat and fiddle named after the pub on that stretch. It runs from Macclesfield to Buxton.

 

[Fred]

F.M. 2222 in Austin between Loop 1 and 360.
Great corners, but if you blow them you'll either go into or over a cliff.
And more SUV's than a soccer mom convention.

 

[AJ_rider]

The only dangerous roads I know of in NY, other than the the city, is a place called 13 curves near Syracuse. I have never ridden it, but I have heard of many bikers going down there. There is also an urban legend that says that 13 curves is haunted by a ghost bride, wedding dress and all. Apparently several people have seen her standing in the road and bikers say they feel someone or something grabbing them around the waist as if they were 2up...scary stuff! :thumbup:

 

[hunterfz6]

In Louisville we have acceleration lanes/deceleration lanes that occupy the same physical space. So if your plan on exiting one highway to enter another one, you have to merge and slow down while others who are entering the road you were on, are speeding up to match traffic. Yes we have a lot of fatalities. We also have a new cable barrier in the medians of our highway systems in most parts of town. Imagine 5 foot tall cheese graters with 3 , 1 inch steel cables attached to them, It would be death for a motorcyclist to lose control and hit one.
pic of the barriers
WAVE 3 TV Louisville, KY | Tractor-trailer barrels through cable barrier on I-71

 

[wrightme43]

In Louisville we have acceleration lanes/deceleration lanes that occupy the same physical space. So if your plan on exiting one highway to enter another one, you have to merge and slow down while others who are entering the road you were on, are speeding up to match traffic. Yes we have a lot of fatalities. We also have a new cable barrier in the medians of our highway systems in most parts of town. Imagine 5 foot tall cheese graters with 3 , 1 inch steel cables attached to them, It would be death for a motorcyclist to lose control and hit one.

Yeah they are putting them in down here now too. Its like they have went thru and installed motorcyclist shreders everywhere. Guardrails forever where they are not needed. Just a way to spend money on someones uncles brothers company.

 

[Numpty]

The A259. The 19 mile stretch of road from Eastbourne to Hastings has the highest proportion of accidents in the south east of England.It had 47 fatal and serious collisions between 2004 and 2006.The main concern for Eastbourne locals is that they are thinking of transferring the acute maternity service from Eastbourne to Hastings giving mums to be the extra 19 mile trip (some whilst in labour ) on a road branded the most dangerous in Sussex and fifth most dangerous in Britain.:shakehead:

 

[phxtravis]

Any "open" road infront of me.....

 

[teeter]

Most roads in Belgium.

We have this crazy 'Priority to the right' system whereby traffic joining a road has priority over the traffic already on the road unless otherwise stated, so you have to be careful at every side road you pass.

From angloinfo.com on driving in Belgium...
"# Drive on the right in Belgium, overtake on the left
# Priority is given to the right; drivers must stop for traffic joining from the right. Marked by an inverted "yield" sign with a red "X" in the middle, the "priority from the right" rule means that cars coming from the right always have priority unless a yellow diamond sign or other priority road sign has been posted. This does not apply on motorways, roundabouts, and roads sign-posted with an orange diamond within a white background"

Clear as mud.

Yeah Bluenova, that does sound scary. Your beer makes it worth braving of course.
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[Nelly]

In Louisville we have acceleration lanes/deceleration lanes that occupy the same physical space. So if your plan on exiting one highway to enter another one, you have to merge and slow down while others who are entering the road you were on, are speeding up to match traffic. Yes we have a lot of fatalities. We also have a new cable barrier in the medians of our highway systems in most parts of town. Imagine 5 foot tall cheese graters with 3 , 1 inch steel cables attached to them, It would be death for a motorcyclist to lose control and hit one.
pic of the barriers
WAVE 3 TV Louisville, KY | Tractor-trailer barrels through cable barrier on I-71

They trialled a wire barrier system on a stretch of motorway in the UK at the Crowthorne road safety institute. They found that it was like a trampoline and actually threw the cars back into the traffic. I am not sure if this is the same as you have in the US.

 

[Nooj]

Roads aren't dangerous, they just lie there on the ground. It's the fools on them that cause the problems.

 

[BranNwebster]

Roads that I have driven on.

Hwy 6 between Green River and Mapleton in Utah.

Any road in North West Colorado, in the winter, where you have a very good chance of hitting a 1000 pound plus Elk.