A new report examining tens of thousands of U.S. roads shows that some Dallas area highways rank among the deadliest in the country.
Future Bail Bonds study examined data from 96,000 roads nationwide from 2019 to 2023. Three Dallas County highways ranked among the 150 deadliest roads in the country.
The report leveraged the latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data. I-30 was found to be the deadliest roadway in Dallas, recording 76 fatal wrecks during the examination period. Nationwide, it ranked 23rd overall in terms of fatalities and the fourth-deadliest in the state.
This is not the first time I-30 has been included on a list of the most dangerous roads. Earlier this year, The Dallas Express detailed a report from truckinfo.net that ranked the interstate the fifth worst for fatalities in 2022.
According to the latest study, two other local roadways were listed among the top 150 deadliest.
Loop 12 ranked No. 115 in the United States, registering 45 fatal wrecks between 2019 and 2023. I-635 was listed at No. 132 in the country, recording 43 crashes during that period.
I-15 in San Bernardino County, California, which runs from Southern California to Las Vegas, was considered the deadliest road in the country. The roadway logged 196 fatal car crashes in the reporting period.
Within Texas, I-45 in Houston had the highest number of fatal vehicle wrecks at 88. The roadway from Dallas to Galveston was considered the 16th deadliest in the nation.
“From 2019 to 2023, motor vehicle crashes claimed 186,284 lives across 96,257 roads in the United States, underscoring the persistent danger on American roadways,” the report said, per CultureMap Dallas.
In 2024, the Dallas City Council passed a measure to lower the speed limit from 70 to 65 miles per hour on a portion of U.S. 75 Central Expressway that is considered particularly dangerous. As part of its Vision Zero plan, the city has targeted eliminating all traffic-related deaths and cutting severe injury crashes by 50% by the end of the decade.