China reveals 10 deadliest roads where 1,203 accidents claimed lives of 451 people
Road injuries are the third-leading cause of death in the country, says a study published last December by 'The Lancet' medical journal.
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 11 February, 2015, 5:48pm
UPDATED : Wednesday, 11 February, 2015, 5:48pm
Nectar Gan [email protected]
A school van is lifted from a reservoir after an accident in Xiangtan, in Hunan province, last July, which killed 11 people, including eight children. Photo: Reuters
China’s traffic authority has made public the country’s top 10 most dangerous roads where 451 people were killed in 1,203 accidents last year, Xinhua reports.
The list, announced yesterday, was compiled based on the nation's roads where the highest number of accidents and fatalities were recorded.
The 451 fatalities on the 10 sections of road, stretching a total of 153km, mean that there were an average of 30 deaths on every 10km of these roads.
Most of the top 10-ranked sections of road were on major highways linking China’s metropolises. The section where most deaths took place – 149 fatalities – was on a state-level road near Beijing and Tianjin.
The other sections were located near other major cities including Jinan, Guangzhou, Lanzhou, Xian, Chengdu and Hangzhou.
China’s roads are notoriously dangerous.
Road injuries are the third-leading cause of death in the country, says a study published last December by The Lancet medical journal.
