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I-4 is named the most deadly highway in the nation
Posted By Colin Wolf on Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 3:10 pm
According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were 165 deaths on I-4 between 2011-2015, making it the most deadly stretch of highway in the country.
There was actually a few metrics that went into this, so the company Teletrac Navman decided to break it all down into an extremely depressing graphic.
As you can see in the image below, the graphic actually pinpoints the "deaths per mile" for each highway (I-4 is 1.250) and even the day and time that you could statistically get into an accident and die.
In Orlando, the deadliest section of I-4, there were 19 deaths and the most common date for a fatality on the road was January 10, between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
It's worth noting that around 3 p.m. is when a guy landed his plane on I-4 during rush hour last week.
Wear a seat belt, folks.
AND apparently its haunted...
http://www.floridafringetourism.com/listings/interstate-4-dead-zone/
If you happen to be traveling on Interstate 4 between Daytona Beach and Orlando, be particularly careful of a quarter mile stretch of road that locals have nicknamed the “Dead Zone”.
Located at the St. John’s River in Seminole County just north of Orlando, the Dead Zone is said to be extremely haunted. People have reported seeing orbs of light floating across the highway at night, ghostly apparitions on the side of the road trying to hitch rides with travelers, and phantom vehicles. Reports of cell phone outages are prominent, and some people have even picked up eerie voices coming through their phone near the south end of the bridge.
Legend says that in 1880s, a family of four living in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Colony fell victim to the dreaded Yellow Fever epidemic. A few years later, a local farmer was clearing some land and stumbled upon their graves. Out of respect for the deceased family, he farmed around the little cemetery and the local community began to refer to the plot as the “Field of the Dead”.
By 1960, the farmer had passed away and his widow sold the land to the state of Florida for the construction of Interstate 4. The four graves were roped off and scheduled for relocation. Unfortunately, Hurricane Donna slammed into Florida about that time, and it’s sinister path of destruction actually followed the intended path of I-4 with the eye of the storm passing directly over the Field of the Dead. The massive flooding caused by the storm delayed construction of the new highway for months, and when it finally resumed, the state saved time by merely dumping fill dirt over the cemetery rather than taking time to move the graves.
Is the Dead Zone really haunted by the spirits of this family, angered at having their grave site desecrated by the construction of I-4? Since its opening in 1963, there have been almost 2,000 accidents reported along this quarter mile stretch of highway. While the number of wrecks is not necessarily higher than other parts of the highway, the rate of fatalities per accident is alarmingly high. According to a 2010 report by the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council (ECFRPC), the percentage of deaths in the Dead Zone is one of the highest anywhere in the country!
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I-4 is named the most deadly highway in the nation
Posted By Colin Wolf on Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 3:10 pm
- Image via CoreyDanks/Etsy
- This sticker actually exists (click the image to go to the Etsy page)
According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were 165 deaths on I-4 between 2011-2015, making it the most deadly stretch of highway in the country.
There was actually a few metrics that went into this, so the company Teletrac Navman decided to break it all down into an extremely depressing graphic.
As you can see in the image below, the graphic actually pinpoints the "deaths per mile" for each highway (I-4 is 1.250) and even the day and time that you could statistically get into an accident and die.
In Orlando, the deadliest section of I-4, there were 19 deaths and the most common date for a fatality on the road was January 10, between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
It's worth noting that around 3 p.m. is when a guy landed his plane on I-4 during rush hour last week.
Wear a seat belt, folks.
AND apparently its haunted...
http://www.floridafringetourism.com/listings/interstate-4-dead-zone/
If you happen to be traveling on Interstate 4 between Daytona Beach and Orlando, be particularly careful of a quarter mile stretch of road that locals have nicknamed the “Dead Zone”.
Located at the St. John’s River in Seminole County just north of Orlando, the Dead Zone is said to be extremely haunted. People have reported seeing orbs of light floating across the highway at night, ghostly apparitions on the side of the road trying to hitch rides with travelers, and phantom vehicles. Reports of cell phone outages are prominent, and some people have even picked up eerie voices coming through their phone near the south end of the bridge.
Legend says that in 1880s, a family of four living in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Colony fell victim to the dreaded Yellow Fever epidemic. A few years later, a local farmer was clearing some land and stumbled upon their graves. Out of respect for the deceased family, he farmed around the little cemetery and the local community began to refer to the plot as the “Field of the Dead”.
By 1960, the farmer had passed away and his widow sold the land to the state of Florida for the construction of Interstate 4. The four graves were roped off and scheduled for relocation. Unfortunately, Hurricane Donna slammed into Florida about that time, and it’s sinister path of destruction actually followed the intended path of I-4 with the eye of the storm passing directly over the Field of the Dead. The massive flooding caused by the storm delayed construction of the new highway for months, and when it finally resumed, the state saved time by merely dumping fill dirt over the cemetery rather than taking time to move the graves.
Is the Dead Zone really haunted by the spirits of this family, angered at having their grave site desecrated by the construction of I-4? Since its opening in 1963, there have been almost 2,000 accidents reported along this quarter mile stretch of highway. While the number of wrecks is not necessarily higher than other parts of the highway, the rate of fatalities per accident is alarmingly high. According to a 2010 report by the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council (ECFRPC), the percentage of deaths in the Dead Zone is one of the highest anywhere in the country!