Roads in Georgia and South Carolina are busier this time of year. Both states have a lot to be proud of with the tourism for both states thriving. Beaches, mountains, history, and a world famous sports venue in our own backyard. With the people comes the traffic, and unfortunately accidents. AAA has released their most dangerous roads in America list. South Carolina and Georgia highways are on the list, which isn’t all Interstates.
In addition to AAA’s list, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration named Georgia’s I-20 the second most dangerous highway in the United States with 15.5 fatalities per 100 miles.
The data dates back to 2019, as the National Highway Transportation Safety Agency has not released full data for 2020 and 2021. The rankings are based on the number of traffic fatalities and the fatalities per every 100 miles.
Interstate 75 also made the list of dangerous interstates in the report. It was the fourth most dangerous in the U.S. Interstate 95 was ranked No. 1.
Other data from the report according to zebra.com:
- The most dangerous highway in the U.S. is Interstate 95 (I-95).
- Vehicle fatalities increased by an estimated 7.2% from 2019 to 2020.
- Wyoming, New Mexico and South Carolina had the most vehicular crashes per 100,000 people.
- Hillsborough County in Florida, which houses the city of Tampa, had the highest number of fatalities in the nation, 15 per 100,000 people.
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I-285, Georgia
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U.S. Route 17, South Carolina
U.S Highway 17 near Beaufort, SC (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
I-4, Florida
FOUR CORNERS, FLORIDA – SEPTEMBER 27: Heavy traffic moves slowly on I-4 East as residents evacuate the Gulf Coast of Florida in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Ian on September 27, 2022 in Four Corners, Florida. Ian is expected in the Tampa Bay area Wednesday night into early Thursday morning. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Million Dollar Highway, Colorado
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I -20 Georgia
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