Heads as much as Houstonians commuting on the town’s freeways: 5 busy Harris County highways had been simply deemed among the many deadliest roads within the nation, with I-45 in Houston rating because the deadliest street in Texas. That is in response to a brand new research primarily based on the newest Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) information.
The research, commissioned by Santa Ana, California-based firm Future Bail Bonds, in contrast deadly crash information throughout 96,000 U.S. roads from 2019-2023. The highest 150 “deadliest” roads had been ranked by the entire variety of deadly crashes that occurred throughout the five-year interval.
The No. 1 deadliest street in America is I-15 in San Bernardino County, California, the research discovered. The interstate, which runs from Southern California to Las Vegas, skilled the very best fee of lethal automobile crashes from 2019-2023 with 196 crashes.
For comparability, I-45 in Houston had 88 deadly car wrecks throughout the identical time interval to rank because the sixteenth deadliest U.S. street and No. 1 deadliest in Texas. Contemplating that tens of 1000’s of individuals drive the street every single day, a deadly crash is comparatively unlikely, however the information underscores the necessity for drivers to stay conscious of their environment always.
The crowded freeway stretches from Dallas to Galveston, and the I-45 North Freeway earned its personal spot on the checklist because the 124th deadliest U.S. street. I-45N skilled 44 lethal crashes between 2019 and 2023, the report stated. I-45’s controversial growth venture between downtown Houston and the north Sam Houston Tollway (and parts of connecting freeways) additionally earned it a brand new popularity as a “freeway with out a future” by the activist group Congress for the New Urbanism.
Elsewhere in Harris County, I-10 ranked because the twenty second deadliest U.S. freeway on the checklist with 76 deadly crashes throughout the five-year span. It was dubbed the third most deadly Texas freeway, with I-35 in Austin splitting up the 2 Houston roads because the second deadliest statewide.
“From 2019 to 2023, motorized vehicle crashes claimed 186,284 lives throughout 96,257 roads in america, underscoring the persistent hazard on American roadways,” the report stated.
Two extra Houston highways ranked a lot farther down the report, however nonetheless remained among the many prime 150 deadliest U.S. roads: FM 1960 ranked 114th on the checklist with 45 deadly crashes, and I-610 ranked No. 131 with 43 deadly crashes.
9 different Texas roads that had been deemed the deadliest in America with the very best charges of deadly car crashes from 2019-2023 embrace:
- No. 23 – I-30 in Dallas County (76 crashes)
- No. 27 – I-410 in Bexar County (73 crashes)
- No. 32 – I-10 in El Paso County (69 crashes)
- No. 63 – I-20 in Tarrant County (56 crashes)
- No. 66 – I-820 in Tarrant County (55 crashes)
- No. 115 – SR-12 in Dallas County (45 crashes)
- No. 130 – I-35 in Bexar County (43 crashes)
- No. 132 – I-635 in Dallas County (43 crashes)
- No. 141 – I-10 in Jefferson County (42 crashes)
