Heads as much as San Antonians commuting on town’s freeways: Two busy Bexar County highways had been simply deemed among the many deadliest roads within the nation, with I-410 rating because the fifth deadliest in Texas. That is based on a brand new examine primarily based on the newest Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) knowledge.
The examine, commissioned by Santa Ana, California-based firm Future Bail Bonds, in contrast deadly crash knowledge throughout 96,000 U.S. roads from 2019-2023. The highest 150 “deadliest” roads had been ranked by the whole variety of deadly crashes that occurred in the course of the five-year interval.
The No. 1 deadliest street in America is I-15 in San Bernardino County, California, the examine discovered. The interstate, which runs from Southern California to Las Vegas, skilled the best fee of lethal automotive crashes from 2019-2023 with 196 crashes.
I-410, which loops round San Antonio, ranked because the twenty seventh deadliest street within the U.S. after 73 deadly wrecks occurred in the course of the five-year interval. Contemplating that tens of 1000’s of individuals drive the street daily, a deadly crash is comparatively unlikely, however the knowledge underscores the necessity for drivers to stay conscious of their environment always.
Elsewhere in Bexar County, the stretch of I-35 that runs by San Antonio ranked No. 130 on the listing after 43 lethal wrecks occurred between 2019 and 2023.
I-35’s notoriety as a harmful freeway extends a lot additional than San Antonio: I-35 in Austin had 87 deadly car crashes in the course of the five-year span to rank because the seventeenth deadliest street within the U.S. and the second deadliest statewide. It simply goes to point out that drivers ought to train as a lot warning as doable when driving on I-35 anyplace in Central Texas.
I-35’s near-constant visitors congestion, quite a few fatalities, and headache-inducing growth initiatives additionally earned it a brand new repute as a “freeway with out a future” by the activist group Congress for the New Urbanism.
The deadliest street in Texas is I-45 in Houston, the examine discovered, which had 88 deadly car wrecks from 2019-2023. It ranked one spot above Austin’s stretch of I-35 because the sixteenth deadliest U.S. street. I-45 stretches from Dallas to Galveston, and the I-45 North Freeway earned its personal spot on the listing because the 124th deadliest U.S. street.
“From 2019 to 2023, motorcar crashes claimed 186,284 lives throughout 96,257 roads in america, underscoring the persistent hazard on American roadways,” the report mentioned.
10 different Texas roads that had been deemed the deadliest in America with the best charges of deadly car crashes from 2019-2023 embody:
No. 22 – I-10 in Harris County (76 crashes)No. 23 – I-30 in Dallas County (76 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. 114 – FM 1960 in Harris County (45 crashes)No. 115 – SR-12 in Dallas County (45 crashes)No. 131 – I-610 in Harris County (43 crashes)No. 132 – I-635 in Dallas County (43 crashes)No. 141 – I-10 in Jefferson County (42 crashes)
