With a latest research revealing North Carolina as one of many states with the riskiest roads to journey, some might surprise how secure the roads are right here within the Cape Worry area.
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A latest research by the positioning analyzed components together with annual miles pushed per 100,000 system miles, proportion of tough roads and deadly accidents per 100,000 licensed drivers. States got a ranking out of 10 factors, with 10 being probably the most harmful.
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North Carolina’s rating among the many most harmful
In response to the research, the states with probably the most harmful drivers primarily based on the components studied are:
- Louisiana – 7.55/10
- California – 7.21/10
- New Mexico – 6.74/10
- Hawaii – 6.73/10
- Delaware – 6.67/10
- New Jersey – 6.53/10
- Mississippi – 6.47/10
- North Carolina – 6.39/10
- Massachusetts – 6.33/10
- Maryland and Texas – 6.26/10
In response to the research, North Carolina had 32.5 deadly accidents per 100,000 licensed drivers, however solely 2.1% of tough roads, which was the bottom proportion out of the opposite ranked states.
For a extra localized perspective, the North Carolina Division of Transportation releases annual site visitors crash information knowledge. The newest 2022 report features a rating of counties primarily based on a number of components, together with reported crashes, crash severity, crash charges primarily based on inhabitants, registered autos and estimated car miles traveled.
Probably the most harmful county for drivers, ranked at No. 1 for the previous 5 years, was Robeson County. The county had 60 deadly crashes in 2022 with 1,136 non-fatal harm crashes. The remainder of the whole 4,056 crashes had been property-damage-only. The county with the perfect rating was Hyde County, coming in at No. 100. The county had one deadly crash in 2022 and 10 non-fatal harm crashes. The county had a complete of 45 crashes, the remainder of which had been property harm solely.
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Right here’s the place the Cape Worry area counties ranked.
Brunswick County
Ranked No. 76 in 2022, Brunswick County had 25 deadly crashes and 715 non-fatal harm crashes. The full crashes for that yr had been 3,146. The rest of the crashes had been property harm solely.
New Hanover County
Ranked No. 58, New Hanover had 19 deadly crashes and 1,313 non-fatal harm crashes, each of which went down from 2021. The full crashes in New Hanover had been 5,617. The rest of the crashes had been property harm solely.
Pender County
Ranked No. 47, Pender County had the worst rating regardless of having the bottom variety of crashes. The county had 12 deadly crashes and 374 non-fatal harm crashes, and a complete of 1,156 crashes. The remainder of the crashes had been property harm solely.
Iris Seaton, USA As we speak Community, contributed to this report.
