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World's most dangerous road dubbed ‘death road’ where hundreds of people die every year

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Updated 17:26 14 Apr 2024 GMT+1Published 14:14 14 Apr 2024 GMT+1

World's most dangerous road dubbed ‘death road’ where hundreds of people die every year

"I was scared stiff!"

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

There's one road in the world which is so deadly, it's gained the nickname 'Camino de la Muerte'.

If you're a daredevil but jumping across high rise buildings or performing daring ski stunts isn't really your thing, then there's always hopping in your car and taking a drive on what's considered to be 'the world's most dangerous road'.

The Camino de la Muerte - which translates to Death Road - is 64km (40 miles) long and in some areas, only measures a measly three meters wide.

The road has been dubbed 'Death Road'. (Luis Gandarillas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
The road has been dubbed 'Death Road'. (Luis Gandarillas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Not only this, but drivers are also subject to corners which seemingly come out of nowhere which are also sharp turnings, oh and added water on the roads too from the mini waterfalls around the area of course.

The road - which was reportedly built by built by Paraguayan prisoners of war following the Chaco War - doesn't feature solid safety barriers the whole way along, meaning should you get too close to the edge?

Well, you'll see a spine-chilling sheer vertical 3,500m drop. *Gulps*

But where is this Death Road so you can either go there for the thrill, or for the more sensible among us, avoid it at all possible costs?

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The Camindo de la Muerte stretches from La Paz in Bolivia to the Yungas valleys and into the Amazon rainforest and beyond.

And if you needed another reason to try to find a longer route option should you so need to travel from La Paz to the Yungas valleys and Amazon - on top of the 3,500m drop - then the lives the road has taken should be warning enough.

Memorials stand where safety barriers don't. (Luis Gandarillas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Memorials stand where safety barriers don't. (Luis Gandarillas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

A reported 200-300 people used to die on the road every year, as per Bolivia Hop, however, since 1998, the number has reduced to an average of five.

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Although I definitely still don't fancy my chances.

A Bolivia Hop writer recalled cycling on the famous road, dubbed the 'world's most dangerous road' by the Inter-American Development Bank: "It was all gravel. Changing from road biking to mountain biking, the stakes grew higher quickly.. Even more, the course got more challenging."

They described the 'sharp twists and turns' and moments where they 'couldn't see what was coming around the corner'.

They resolved: "Plus, I think the most scary part was realizing that just one wrong decision or move could easily take you over the edge.

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"A majority of the road is only 10 ft (3 m) wide so you really don’t have much space to work with! I’m not scared of heights but when I saw that there were no guard rails and no safety barriers, I was scared stiff!!"

Featured Image Credit: imageBROKER/Peter Giovannini/Getty / Harald von Radebrecht/Getty

Topics: World News, Travel

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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