How safe are the roads near you?

Head on over to saferoadmaps.org for a look on Google Maps at roads near your neighborhood with most fatal crashes. Researchers in the Center for Excellence in Rural Safety (CERS) from University of Minnesota have mapped out every fatality in United States with details on each death, so now you can see

the "dead man's curve" on your commute or the "devil's triangle" in your backyard.

Information on this site has been compiled from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System. You can enter an address and view the roads that have the highest number of traffic fatalities in a specified area. You can also view dynamically generated maps that show how public policy has been implemented to improve transportation safety by region. The creators of this website hope that this site brings both increased safety and awareness to transportation policy makers and private citizens.

Example: I typed in Novi, MI to see the number of fatalities around a 10 mile radius. Even 1 is too many. As you can see there are quite a few fatalities in this area. So please drive safe....