The world’s Most Dangerous Road. 




1.  Yungas Road

The North Yungas Road, also known as The Death Road, is a 61 to 69 km road leading from La Paz to Coroico (Bolivia’s capital, to the Amazon region) in the Yungas region of Bolivia. It is legendary for its extreme danger: in 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank christened it as the “world’s most dangerous road. ” One estimate is that 200-300 travelers were killed yearly along the road. The road includes crosses marking many of the spots where such vehicles have fallen.

2. BR-116 (Brazil)

Brazil’s second longest road runs 960 miles from Porto Alegre to Rio de Janeiro. The middle section, which covers around 250 miles from Curitiba to São Paulo, is the most infamous due to its high accident rate. Officially it’s named Rodovia Régis Bittencourt, but it’s known locally as ‘Rodovia da Morte’. That’s Highway of Death. Think steep cliffs, poor road conditions and unstable weather. Enough said?
 
3) Sichuan-Tibet Highway (China)

China has a massive population but, even so, the road accident figures make grim reading. At least 100,000 people are said to die on Chinese roads each year – or one person every 5 minutes. And, in fact, the least populated regions boast the highest death rates. If that bothers you, you’ll want to avoid the 1,240 miles-long (but not very wide) Sichuan-Tibet Highway, which traverses at least a dozen different mountains with an average height of 4,000-5,000m. The high altitude means you’ll be driving among clouds, and there’s a high risk of landslides and avalanches to boot. 

4) Pan American Highway (Costa Rica)

 
The Pan-American Highway system, the longest drivable road in the world, runs an incredible 30,000 miles from Alaska to the lower reaches of South America. Several stretches can be considered ‘tricky’, but the most infamous section is Cerro de la Muerte, a high mountain pass which runs from San Isidro de El General to Cartago in Costa Rica. It’s steep, narrow, twisty, full of holes and susceptible to flash floods and landslides. Did we mention that the name translates as Hill of Death?

5) Coastal roads (Croatia)

The Croatian coast (yes, a rather generic entry) makes the list due to the narrow and twisty nature of the roads, and a general lack of markings, lay-bys and side rails. For tourists, it’s a particularly scary proposition when you add crazy, fast-driving Croats into the mix. The scenery on the jagged coast is absolutely stunning, but if you’re driving, it’s probably best to watch where you’re going – and keep your fingers crossed that others do too.

6) Cotopaxi Volcan (Ecuador)

This 25mile-long dirt track, one of countless dangerous roads in Ecuador, connects the Pan American Highway with the Cotopaxi Volcan National Park, which boasts one of the highest active volcanoes in the world. The treacherous route is peppered with holes, but the ‘highlight’ of the journey comes when you need to cross a bridge-less stream. It’s particularly dangerous during flash floods and flash floods seem to occur here even in the lightest of rains. You won’t find that mentioned in any travel brochure.

7) Luxor-al Hurghada Road (Egypt)

Egypt’s most dangerous road links two tourist locations – the ancient city of Luxor in the south, and Hurghada, a hub for diving schools on the coast of the Red Sea. The route is well-known bandit territory, with travellers facing a high risk of ambush and hijack. To avoid detection at night, the vast majority of drivers opt not to use their headlights. And that has a rather predicable side-effect.

8) A44 (United Kingdom)

Much of the A44, a major road which runs from Oxford in southern England to Aberystwyth in west Wales, is fairly innocuous, but a 25mile section between Leominster and Worcester has a load of blind corners. A quarter of accidents here involve vehicles leaving the road, and even more are head-on collisions. Campaigners have helped get the speed limit reduced to 40mph in recent years, and it’s monitored closely by officials. Nevertheless, the route remains popular with speeding bikers.

9) Patiopoulo-Perdikaki Road (Greece)

This dirt track leads from Patiopoulo down to Perdikaki in the Agrafa region of Greece. It’s steep, busy, full of huge potholes and extremely slippery (due to the gravel surface). It’s also very narrow in places, with no lines or guard rails on the edges. That’s less than ideal given the sheer drop… on BOTH sides. The majority of the many fatalities here occur at night. Funny, that.

10) Grand Trunk Road (India) 

‘GT’, as it’s often called, was built about 500 years ago to connect the east and western regions of the Indian subcontinent. Rudyard Kipling called it ‘a river of life’, but for the modern driver it’s a nightmare. The 1,550 mile road is full of trucks and rattling buses manned by drivers without much respect for their lives – or yours. And then there’s the cyclists, the pedestrians, the salesmen, the ox carts, the cows, the buffalos… You get the idea.


and last but not least .. 


11) Malaysia Expressway / Federal / State / Municipal road



The expressway network of Malaysia is considered the best expressway network in Southeast Asia and also in Asia after Japan and China. The total length is 1,499.5 KM  (931.7 miles). and another 219.3 kilometres (136.3 miles) is still under construction. However, Malaysian expressways are potential sites of fatal highway accidents in Malaysia, especially during festive seasons. According to police statistics, most road accidents in Malaysia happen on federal, state, and municipal roads. Most road accidents are caused by the attitude of certain road users who drive dangerously over the speed limit. 


p/s: Saje letak jalan kat Malaysia dalam list skali sebab antara penyumbang kemalangan jalan raya paling tinggi didunia adalah Malaysia.. hehe

other link that show most dangerous highway/road in the world:

http://www.dirjournal.com/info/most-dangerous-roads-in-the-world/
http://www.oddee.com/item_96660.aspx 
http://www.forbes.com/
http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/drive-smart/articles/article/27/ 

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