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The most dangerous roads and intersections ranked by crash severity and fatality data
Data: State DOT crash records, Jan 2013 – Jun 2026· Crash totals are multi-year sums over every crash on record in this window, not annual counts.
Ranked by severity score (crashes + injuries x2 + fatalities x10)
Rank | Road / Segment | Crashes |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Interstate 25Northbound: 13860 | Southbound: 8618 | Unspecified direction: 3964 Denver, Denver County | 26442 |
| #2 | Interstate 70Eastbound: 7856 | Westbound: 5881 | Unspecified direction: 2204 Denver, Denver County | 15941 |
| #3 | Denver, Denver County | 4846 |
| #4 | Denver, Denver County | 3829 |
| #5 | Denver, Denver County | 3525 |
| #6 | Denver, Denver County | 3448 |
| #7 | Denver, Denver County | 3193 |
| #8 | Chicago, Cook County | 3160 |
| #9 | Denver, Denver County | 3135 |
| #10 | Denver, Denver County | 3041 |
| #11 | Interstate 25Unspecified direction: 2996 LONE TREE, Douglas County | 2996 |
| #12 | Chicago, Cook County | 2903 |
| #13 | Chicago, Cook County | 2856 |
| #14 | Chicago, Cook County | 2849 |
| #15 | Chicago, Cook County | 2798 |
| #16 | Interstate 25Unspecified direction: 2750 THORNTON, Adams County | 2750 |
| #17 | Chicago, Cook County | 2604 |
| #18 | Interstate 25Northbound: 440 | Southbound: 516 | Unspecified direction: 1640 COLORADO SPRINGS, El Paso County | 2596 |
| #19 | Denver, Denver County | 2518 |
| #20 | Denver, Denver County | 2479 |
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