40 Most Dangerous Roads in The World
Here’s our guide to the top 40 blood-bathing roads that even the best driver would want to avoid and the deadly routes where tonnes of accidents have happened. Do check them out and, more importantly, avoid them at all costs!
1. Road of Death - Bolivia
North Yungas Road or Bolivia’s Road of Death, which is 70 km and almost 3,600 meters down to narrow curves, is widely accepted as the most dangerous road in the world. The narrow road with the fog and vapours have taken many drivers’ lives. Instead of shrieking while passing this mortal road, you’d better concentrate on how to survive in such a nail-biting driving scenario.
2. Siberian Road to Yakutsk – Russia
The Siberian Road is the only road available to Yakutsk City, Russia. People have no choice but take risk if it would take them five hours rather than a few days to pass the road after the rain. The road gets paralysed and it’s an absolute disaster when people are in a chaos seeking warm clothes and food while being stuck in a 100-km long car line-ups. One woman has even given birth to a baby on a bus wallowing in the mud.
3. Georgian Military Road - Russia
The 220-kilometres long Georgian Military Road runs between Tbilisi (Georgia) and Vladikavkaz (Russia). The road was started by Russian military in 1799 and completed in 1863. The Georgian Military Road was a major cause of the fight between Russian troops and Caucasian mountaineers in 19th century.
4. Nepal, Tibet & Bangladesh Roads
Believe it or not but there’s no road going straight to Everest Base Camp, so you have to walk for miles to get there. However, you will never have the second chance to drive along this road if you ever underestimate it. Try best to control your car as the snowy road is not as easy to drive on as it looks.
5.Guoliang Tunnel Road - China
Guoliang Tunnel Road is pretty freaky with its 30 windows of various sizes and shapes. The road is not as deadly as Bolivian Yungas Road but is spooky enough when you look down the bottomless cavity and also those weird rocks hanging from above the cliff.
6.Taroko Gorge Road - Taiwan
You might not be petrified by turns and switchbacks, but your life is still hung by a thread. Despite its beautiful panoramic view, Taroko Gorge Road can take your breath away and you might even need to observe a view of grave instead. You should be thanking God if you are still alive after the drive on this scary road.
7.Pasubio (Vicenza)- Italy
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Pasubio is Italian ancient road which was converted to a hiking trail for mountain bike lovers due to its scary tunnels, hair-raising cliff and splendid scenic views. If you are too much into speed craze and even take your eye out of the road, bear in mind your life is at maximum risk.
8. Grimsel Pass - Switzerland
Grimsel Pass doesn’t offer much of danger but it’s dubbed one of the world’s most insane roads. Unless you are as good as Lewis Hamilton at handling sharp corners, do not ever try speeding or you will end up paying the heavy price.
9.Old road over Saint Gothard Pass - Switzerland
If you are nuts enough to race at the old road over Saint Gothard Pass, make sure you are covered by some sort of life assurance policy. Though it’s not much of a deadly road, you might like to stay away from it whenever possible.
10. Splugen Pass - Italy
Splugen Pass, a high mountain pass and a boundary between the Lepontine and Rhaaetian Alps, is not very thrilling but great fun, you can even enjoy the breathtaking experience of it. However, be warned, you should have real guts to go on this road.
11.Trollstigen road - Norway
Trollstigen road, a very narrow road in Romsdal County, Rauma region, Norway, has frequent rockfalls on it. Some scary thought!.
12. Lysebotn Road - Norway
If you aren’t intimidated by the many accidents on Lysebotn Road, Lysefjord, Norway, the road should be real fun to drive on. The road is 1.1 km long tunnel and consists 27 switchbacks including three inside the tunnel.
13. Los Caracoles Pass- between Chile and Argentina
Los Caracoles Pass, a very steep road and a mountain pass between Chile and Argentina, features a countless tough twists among the drought most of the year. If you even feel sick just watching the road, you know it’s not where you car belongs!
14. The Skippers Canyon Road - New Zealand
The skippers Canyon Road is unbelievably scary as it’s totally narrow and different to manouvre your car. A possibility of two cars to pass each other is zero. The road requests a lot of concentration or else …
15. Sichuan-Tibet Highway - China
Make sure you get your vehicle and yourself well-prepared before driving on Sichuan-Tibet Highway, a high-elevation road between Chengdu and Tibet. Rocks avalanches and landslides are not uncommon on this rough road.
16. Pan American Highway - Costa Rica
Pan American Highway is nicknamed Hill of Death and has drastic insane portions. It’s the stretch from San Isidro de El General to Cartago and is filled with steep curves and potholes.
17. Cotopaxi Volcan road - Ecuador
A 25-mile Cotopaxi Volcan road leads to the Cotopaxi National Park entrance by crossing a swift quickly-moving steam. Watch every single second you take at the road, or you would never reach the National Park.
18.Highway 1 - Mexico
With the lack of shoulders, guard rails and deficient road signs, Highway 1, the road from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas is extremely dangerous indeed.
19. Highway 21 - South of St. Louis, United States
The winding 2-lane stretch, Highway 21, is truly deadly with 31 casualties since 1991. The sign “Caution: Driving Blood Alley” has been put by a father of a 19-year-old kid who died in the accident here. Highway 21 always gets flooded which makes it doubly dangerous.
20.U.S. Route 431, between Seale and Eufaula, Alabama- United States
The road, regarded as ‘Highway to Hell’, has claimed a worrying number of accident victims since 1985. Thirty seven white crosses have been placed along the road, representing a memory of lost lives. Sixty kids were killed in a bus-track crash last year but the road is still frequented by local school buses.
21. State Route 138, east of Palmdale - California, United States
Fifty six people have been killed on a 38-mile stretch of State Route 138 over the past five years. Commuters and other vehicles are at high risk with this non-guardrail road, especially