Slaughter alley

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Slaughter alley is an American colloquial name given for sections of highway known for high rates of fatal traffic accidents.^{[citation needed]}

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 decade after the improvements were completed, fatalities decreased thanks to upgrades like wider lanes.^[2][3]

Australia[]

• Eyre Highway on the Nullarbor Plain in southern Australia is said to be the straightest, flattest road in the world. In this case it is the monotony of the straight, narrow road combined with long trucks (road trains, the air blast from which can cause car drivers to lose control) that present the hazard.^[1]

Israel[]

• Highway 31 in southern Israel, 24 km between Sdom and Arad, is 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 (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-kilometre (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-kilometre (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[]

• Dead Man's Curve

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