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DATELINE INTERACTIVE DATABASE
Dangerous Roads
  
How safe are the roads you drive every day? Enter your zipcode below to find out the number of fatal accidents that occurred in your area from 1992 to 1995.
The data comes directly from the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) database maintained by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The FARS database is a recognized, authoritative source for crash statistics. There may, however, be discrepancies in the data. So contact your local or state transportation officials for comment or to clear up any confusion you may have with the roads on the list. They can also help you zero in on deadly stretches of a particular road by supplying you with mile markers of where the fatal accidents occurred.
Many factors can contribute to a dangerous road, not just the number of fatal accidents It is important to understand that traffic volume should be taken into account when comparing roads. Government officials will often use a combination of accidents and traffic volumes to identify dangerous roads, and they can supply you with traffic volumes for any road. Victims of accidents, safety advocates and transportation officials can provide insight into what can make a road deadly.
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