Canada
In 2009, the Canadian Automobile Association published a list of the most dangerous roads in Canada. The top five were:
- Highway 11, between Lac du Bonnet and Traverse Bay in eastern Manitoba (50 kilometres (31 mi))
- Highway 103 in Nova Scotia which saw the death of 29 people between 2006 and 2009.
- Highway 1 A short, busy undivided section of the Trans-Canada highway through Headingley, Manitoba (6 kilometres (3.7 mi)).
- Between 2004 and 2009, the 400 kilometres (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.
- A 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) section of Highway 1 through the Canadian Rockies. Funds were committed in 2008 to upgrade the highway.
Also:
- Highway 401 between London, Ontario and Windsor, Ontario was known as "Carnage Alley" due to a number of design factors: gravel shoulders that contributed to median-crossing collisions when a driver lost control of a vehicle, long, straight sections that promoted fatigue (often resulting in the driver drifting onto the gravel shoulder), and the potential of weather causing sudden severe driving conditions including whiteouts from sudden heavy snowfall and fog. Significant upgrades, including replacement of gravel with paved shoulders, improved signage, installation of tall-wall median barriers, and the widening of the 401 from four to six lanes between Windsor and Tilbury have been undertaken by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) since a fatal pileup on Sept. 3, 1999.
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