FORT LAUDERDALE – A study found the single deadliest highway mile in America is in South Florida; I-95 between the I-595 interchange and Marina Mile Boulevard.
The study, conducted by a group of personal injury lawyers, looked into two decades of fatal crash data.
CBS News data journalists said the study is solid and those who drive the highway weren’t surprised by the finding.
“It seems like its getting worse and worse every day,” said one driver. “I avoid I-95 as much as possible.”
It can be a nerve-racking ride – even for those in the passenger seat.
“I don’t drive a lot but when I do I avoid the highways completely,” said another person.
When it comes to crashes on I-95, CBS News Miami has covered them for years, especially near I-595.
In a recent wreck that ended in tragedy, 23-year-old former first responder Yanaisa Pulido from Hialeah was killed on the southbound lanes when she stopped to help other drivers involved in a crash.
A study by law firm Elk & Elk found the stretch of I-95 between the I-595 interchange and Marina Mile Boulevard is America’s deadliest mile.
The study cites findings that between 2000 and 2019, 24 people died somewhere along this single mile. It’s a busy stretch with off-ramps, ongoing construction and congestion.
Driving conditions along the mile have the attention of Broward County’s Vice Mayor Beam Furr who drives it every day himself. He hopes more people will consider getting out of their cars and onto transit.
“I understand people’s concern, it’s a difficult place to drive,” said Furr. “If you look in both Broward and Miami-Dade, they’re offing bus express in the fast lanes, you get an extra hour of your day.”
The study also found the deadliest 10-mile sections of highways across the nation, and one of them is in Miami-Dade County between State Road 112 and the Golden Glades interchange.
