Most Dangerous Roads in the World
Most Dangerous Roads In The World is a structured travel dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Road, Country, Length (km). The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Not provided
- Data updated
- Not provided
Included fields: Road, Country, Length (km), Danger Factor, Est. Annual Fatalities, and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Length (km) range
- 1.2 to 11,000
- Across 15 preview rows
- Est. Annual Fatalities groups
- 8 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Road, Country, and Length (km) across travel entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
Road↕ | Country↕ | Length (km)↕ | Danger Factor↕ | Est. Annual Fatalities↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Yungas Road (Death Road) | Bolivia | 64 | Extreme cliffs, no guardrails | 200-300 | Once called the world's most dangerous road; 600m drops with single-lane width |
| Karakoram Highway | Pakistan/China | 1,300 | Landslides, altitude, falling rocks | 100+ | Highest paved international road; crosses the Khunjerab Pass at 4,693m |
| Guoliang Tunnel Road | China | 1.2 | Narrow tunnel, cliffside windows | Unknown | Hand-carved by 13 villagers through a mountain; only 4m wide |
| Zoji La Pass | India | 9 | Ice, narrow path, altitude | 50+ | Connects Kashmir to Ladakh at 3,528m; one of the most treacherous passes in India |
| Fairy Meadows Road | Pakistan | 16 | Unpaved, no guardrails, narrow | Unknown | Leads to Nanga Parbat base camp; unimproved jeep track along cliff edges |
| Dalton Highway | United States | 666 | Isolation, ice, no services | 30+ | One of the most isolated roads in the US; 386 km without any services |
| BR-116 (Highway of Death) | Brazil | 4,385 | Poor maintenance, criminals, fog | 3000+ | Brazil's deadliest highway; stretches the entire length of the country |
| Skippers Canyon Road | New Zealand | 22 | Narrow, unpaved, sheer drops | Low | So dangerous that rental car insurance is void; carved from solid rock in the 1860s |
| Trollstigen | Norway | 5.5 | 11 hairpin bends, steep grade | Low | Troll's Ladder with 9% incline; closed in winter due to extreme conditions |
| Passage du Gois | France | 4.3 | Submerged by tides twice daily | Low | Disappears underwater twice a day; rescue towers for stranded drivers |
| James Dalton Highway | United States | 666 | Arctic conditions, no guardrails | Unknown | Featured in 'Ice Road Truckers'; serves the Trans-Alaska Pipeline |
| Stelvio Pass | Italy | 24.3 | 75 hairpin turns, altitude | 10+ | Second highest paved pass in the Alps; 48 hairpins on the northern side alone |
| Trans-Siberian Highway | Russia | 11,000 | Isolation, extreme cold, road quality | Unknown | Longest national highway in the world; sections are unpaved or flooded |
| Halsema Highway | Philippines | 150 | Landslides, fog, narrow | 50+ | Highest highway in the Philippines; frequent landslides during monsoon season |
| Taroko Gorge Road | Taiwan | 19 | Rockfalls, narrow tunnels, earthquakes | 10+ | Carved through marble gorge; constant risk of rockfall and seismic activity |
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