The most dangerous mile of road in the entire United States has been discovered, and it is more than 50 times more deadly than the national average.
An investigation by personal injury law firm Elk & Elk identified a harrowing stretch of Interstate 95 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where a total of 24 people died between 2010 and 2019 in 23 fatal car accidents.
The data found that while a typical highway has about 0.0083 deaths per mile, this dangerous mile-long highway in Fort Lauderdale averages 0.479.
“If you were driving 60 miles per hour, you would pass the site of a fatal accident every 2.6 seconds,” he said. joint studywhich was carried out in collaboration with the interactive digital agency 1Point21.
I-95 is the main north-south route on the East Coast, running nearly 2,000 miles from the Maine-Canada border to Miami.
An aerial view of the deadliest mile of highway in the U.S., which is just a heartbeat away from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
The dangerous stretch of I-95 is between Marina Mile Blvd (State Road 84) and I-595, both running east to west.
Many of the most horrific accidents involve drivers exiting the Marina Mile Blvd ramp at high speed, unaware of the sharp 90-degree curve in front of them.
The study also attributes the surprising number of fatalities to the complexity of exchanges in this area.
One of the most recent tragedies in this area was a six-vehicle pileup in February that claimed the life of a 23-year-old woman named Yanaisa Pulido.
Pictured: The aftermath of a six-car crash traveling on the southbound side of I-95 through Fort Lauderdale in February 2024
Pictured: Yanaisa Pulido, 23, died at the scene of the accident after getting out of her own car with the intention of helping other victims.
Pulido, center, pictured with fellow firefighters from the Hialeah Fire Department. She was also a trained paramedic.
A driver of a red Kia Forte traveling south on I-95 near Marina Mile Blvd lost control and crashed into the concrete median, causing a black Mercedes-Benz SUV to rear-end him. VSN reported.
Driving close behind in her black Kia Forte, Pulido stopped to render aid as she was a trained EMT and a former Hialeah Fire Department cadet.
Pulido was struck by a silver Cadillac ATS before she was able to assist the injured and was later pronounced dead at the scene.
Three other people were seriously injured, including a seven-year-old boy.
Months earlier, in November 2023, a Nissan Altima crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer, sending it careening into the center of the road, where it overturned and burst into flames.
The driver of the tractor-trailer died, while the woman behind the wheel of the Nissan survived the wreckage, WPTV reported.
Pictured: The deadliest mile in the US is a stretch of Interstate 95 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where 50 times more fatal car accidents occur than on the average highway.
Pictured: The fatal tractor-trailer crash on northbound I-95 in Fort Lauderdale in November 2023
In May 2021, there were two serious, non-fatal accidents within two days of each other in which drivers lost control and went 20 feet off the Marina Mile Blvd entrance ramp to I-95.
A car fell and ended up upside down, VSN reported.
Two pedestrians have also died on the deadly mile-long stretch this year, with a woman falling from an overpass and Being hit by several cars in May.
Just last week, A Cadillac SUV struck and killed a 43-year-old black man crossing an exit ramp from I-95.
To reduce deaths, Florida officials have long planned to add “speed warning signs with flashing beacons” among other safety measures as part of an interstate improvement project.
Although the Federal Highway Administration allocates funds to improve interstate highways, each state is responsible for maintaining the portions of the highway within its borders.
DailyMail.com has reached out to the Florida Department of Transportation to see what, if any, accident mitigation strategies have been adopted.
The tragic scene where a Cadillac SUV struck and killed a 43-year-old black man crossing an I-95 exit ramp in Fort Lauderdale on June 27
After the driver lost control and crossed the median, this Cadillac SUV plunged 20 feet off the Marina Mile Blvd entrance ramp to I-95 in May 2021.
This car fell from the exact same spot as the Cadillac just two days later.
This angle shows the terrifyingly high drop the driver of this car faced.
The study also looked at the deadliest 10-mile stretches of road in the United States and found that Houston and Dallas are some of the most dangerous for drivers.
Houston ranks first with Interstate 45. Between exits 49B and 60A, there have been 148 fatalities between 2000 and 2019.
During the same time period, five separate stretches of interstate highways in Dallas killed a staggering 639 people during the same time period.
A separate analysis by Consumer Affairs confirmed that Texas is the most dangerous state for drivers, with nearly 4,500 people dying in car crashes in 2021 alone.
California, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina round out the top five least safe states.
Although car accidents can happen anywhere, experts urge people to drive more slowly and without distractions, especially in urban areas, where there is more traffic and more complicated entrance and exit ramps.
“On America’s deadliest stretches of road, a little extra speed can mean the difference between life and death,” the study’s authors warned.
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