I-4 is named the most deadly highway in the nation

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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

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The fact that we all have a high likelihood of getting into an accident on I-4 shouldn't be surprising to anyone who's ever driven down this 132-mile stretch of Armageddon. But according to recently released data, we now know with some certainty that I-4 is indeed the worst.

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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Hmmmmm.........

I-17, Flag to Phoenix....seen a few wrecks but not any problems.

I-10 from Phoenix to Los Angeles....gets a little crazy around LA.

**Of course..Los Angeles...especially the Santa Ana Freeway...:explode:

I-10 from Galveston to Lake Charles, La or over to Biloxi, Miss...I haven't had any problems.

I-45 from Dallas to Huntsville(North of Houston) is okay. Huntsville to Houston....:censored: Houston to Galveston BEFORE 4:00pm when work folks are going home is okay.....after 4:00 in the afternoon or holidays.....:censored:

I-35 in Dallas..anytime....:angry3:

I-40 from OKC to Kingman, Az. (my turn off to Vegas)....I've seen some nasty wrecks...especially between Albuquerque to Gallup.

**Of course I-40 OKC to Kingman, Az. during the winter, I've been in a few white-outs around Gallup....kicked myself for not flying instead of driving!!

All the interstates around Vegas are CRAZY...with people from Los Angeles to everywhere in the USA moving there...drivers are bat sh*t crazy. I have a few buddies who drive around Vegas with cams in their front windshield to help if they're ever in a wreck.

That's it for me and my adventures on the highway.
 
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I lived in Houston for a few years. Traffic isn't too bad if you learn to drive 85 in pouring rain.

H-Town Pro-Tip - If you have the ground clearance, you can make your own off-ramp.

Corpus had less infrastructure with a growing populace of drivers, traffic sucked, but manageable.

LA's 101 was terrible between 5pm and 9am. San Antonio and the city loop was crazy. CA's Hwy 1 had too much traffic to be considered scenic. Rt66 was a minefield from MO-AZ. Orlando was a challenge in a 16 passenger van. But the absolute worst traffic I ever had the privilege to experience was the H1 in Oahu, HI. There was never a time it wasn't packed, and you can apparently do anything, cut any line, and commit any normal drivers etiquette faux pas as long as you "shaka'd" out the window. It was on that stretch of road I realized the JKU Jeeps are absolutely gutless.
 

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Supposedly, US 69/75 is the deadliest highway in Oklahoma. I know there have been several fatalities in the little town of Calera in the last couple of years. Avoid it if you can.
 

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We moved out west for about 10 years back in the mid 90s and drove on some crazy highways in and around the Navajo Nation. Saw dead animals and wrecks all of the time.

First time I drove on Highway 666 north out of Gallup to Shiprock was a little spooky. It definitely earned the nickname of devil's highway with all of the fatalities that occurred on it.

It's been renamed to 491.
 

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We used to have a spot here in Shawnee that was very dangerous and we had numerous fatalities because of it. It was independence street that came out and merged into 177 by the expo center. They blocked it off years ago because of the deaths.
 

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