Driving Here? Experts Say It’s Montana’s Most Dangerous Road

With a state as big as Montana, with so many miles of highway crisscrossing the state, there are plenty of opportunities for fatalities.

That said, there is one highway where your chances of getting into a fatal car accident are higher than on other highways under the Big Sky.

Planning A Road Trip? Avoid This Dangerous Montana Route

With summer finally here in Montana, plenty of people will be making travel plans for their summer vacation.

Besides just local residents, soon the highways will be busy with both locals and tourists driving to their destinations.

You never know what those other drivers are doing to endanger your life, as the recent Yellowstone National Park crash demonstrated.

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Data Reveals The One Montana Highway You Should Avoid This Summer

If you're like me, you probably started guessing what highway it is.

Most would probably guess US-93 or perhaps the "Going-to-the-Sun Road," but you'd be wrong with both those guesses.

CarInsuranceComparison, a car insurance website, analyzed data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the Insurance Information Institute to identify the highway in each state across America with the highest average fatality rate.

Like I said at the beginning of our article, with as many miles of highway as we have, you'd think we'd have lots of fatal accidents, but honestly, we're pretty lucky out here, especially when you compare our average fatalities to those of other states, which you can check out in the gallery below.👇

The Deadliest Highways in America: State-by-State Countdown

CarInsuranceComparison.com analyzed the most recent data available from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the Insurance Information Institute to determine which highways had the highest average of fatalities annually in each state. Let's count down to the deadliest highway in America.

Gallery Credit: Scott Clow

LOOK: The longest highways in America

Stacker compiled a list of the longest interstates in the United States using 2021 data from the Federal Highway Administration. Read on to find out which ones are the lengthiest.

Gallery Credit: Hannah Lang

KEEP SCROLLING: The Top 8 Most Dangerous Highways Across Montana

The website FCVB says these 8 highways are the most dangerous ones to drive here in Montana.

Gallery Credit: Nick Northern

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