5 Most Dangerous Roads Around The World

Dangerous roads claim the lives of many people every year. It makes you wonder, what is it about the most beautiful, remote, and deadly places on earth that make people from every race and culture go, “We can travel there. Frequently. Let’s build a road!” It seems like some of the most dangerous places on earth are also some of the most beautiful. Yet sometimes, these deadly roads are just boring highways a few miles away that are deadly due to frequent human error. However they got their reputation, here are 5 of the most dangerous roads on earth.

* Bayburt Of Yolu D915, Turkey

One side of this road is a mountain, one side is a drop hundreds of feet to your death, and nope, guardrails are not a thing here, but random rock slides and avalanches are. That seems to be the standard formula for terror of a mountain road, but this one includes 29 steep hairpin turns, a distinct lack of pavement, and portions where it’s so narrow that you can barely fit two cars (So if you’re in a truck..oops?), and it’s altitude – over 6,000 feet above sea level – means that snow can happen close to the road at anytime.

* Trampolín del Diablo, Colombia

The name of this road is literally “The Devil’s Trampoline.” The road grows increasingly narrower the higher you go, with blind turns and two-way traffic. It’s frequently used by everyone from small cars to buses, and there’s fog and steep drop-offs to contend with. The payoff at the end is a charming town called La Laguna de la Cocha.

* Piste de Jaffar, Morocco

Cirque de Jaffar is a natural cirque (steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley or on a mountainside, formed by glacial erosion) and the road leading to it, Piste de Jaffar, is not for the faint of heart. This is another dangerous, sometimes poorly maintained (how do you maintain mountain roads? It’s a long, slow fight with a mountain) road that people gladly drive on, seeking out amazing views. If you go, hire an experienced driver who’s driven the road before.

* Keylong Kishtwar Road, India

Keylong-Kishtwar Road is a crude, unpaved road with no safety features whatsoever cut into the side of a mountain. It may be more of a “trail” than an actual road, but we’re not sure how they define these things. Either way, it’s narrow and in bad condition. In many parts, the cliff above hangs over your head, and the sheer drop can cause vertigo if you look at it. Or remember it’s there.

* Pasubio, Italy

This road travels along such breathtaking scenery that sometimes people have gotten distracted and crashed. It’s so dangerous that Italy has decided to reserve parts of the road for walking only; however, biking is strictly prohibited due to the number of horrific deaths. It’s also known as the road of 52 tunnels (for the obvious reason), so if you’re at all claustrophobic, it’s probably the most terrifying road you can imagine. It’s like whatever or whoever made us, made all these amazing places, and then dared us to possibly die trying to see them.