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What could be more American than taking a good old road trip through the barren patch of earth known as U.S. Highway 93, from Wickenburg to Las Vegas.

The highway, which spans some 1,457 miles from the Dude Ranch Capital of the World to the U.S./Canada border, is the most dangerous in the country, according to ValuePenguin.com.

The stretch of asphalt and concrete has the fourth-longest wait time for Emergency Medical Services, according to the same survey (probably because there’s literally no trace of civilization between Sin City and Phoenix).

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Along the 200-mile stretch, the most dangerous segment is in Mohave County, Arizona—where 70 fatal crashes reportedly occurred between 2010 and 2016.

Elsewhere in the Grand Canyon State, Interstate 10 and State Road 95 (the road between Yuma and I-40) rank 12th and 33rd overall for their dangerous conditions, according to the report.

For more information on which Arizona highways might kill you, check out ValuePenguin’s full list here. 

This article appears in Jul 19-25, 2018.

Christopher Boan is a cocksure smartass of a writer that mainly focuses on sports, music and the hellscape in-between. He's a four-time Arizona Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Award winner, and...

7 replies on “If you drive US-93 from Wickenburg to Vegas you will die (probably)”

  1. 93 from Wickenburg to Vegas is a 100 times better than the days when the entire route was 2 lanes. Of course people drive like idiots to and from Vegas and the worst drivers have Sparky stickers or Scottsdale dealerahip plates, or Cali plates, all of them thinking the speed limit is 100 with DPS scarce. I have driven this route for 40 years.

  2. When I first got to Tucson, a State Trooper showed me the safest way to Las Vegas (other than flying). Take 10 to I-8. Take I-8 to highway 85 to I-10 (this is the Phoenix Truck By-Pass route) head west on I-10 to either the Salome Road or to Vicksburg. take US95 from Vicksburg or AZ 74 from Salome to Parker. Cross the River at Parker. Then take Highway 95 to Needles and then continue to Boulder City. Minimal traffic and good roads. And you don’t have the “People leaving Las Vegas” driving toward you for most of the trip. (“People leaving Las Vegas are always tired, drunk or hungover, or angry that their retirement funds stayed in Las Vegas. These are not happy people and are not concentrating on driving safely

  3. About 10 years ago, saw southbound Rv (4people)flying thru the air after hitting northbound small car(2people) that was attempting to pass another northbound vehicle. Everyone in the rv lived. The car was a compacted piece of metal with the drivers hanging outside.

  4. Love that little stretch of Joshua Trees + Saguaros south of Wikieup, probably the only place in the country where the two grow side-by-side.

  5. I was 1 of the lucky ones i hit another car from behind before rolling the SUV i was driving ( that belonged to my roommate ) 3 times I walked away by the grace of God but I know from experience its a very dangerous highway I WAS NOT SPEEDING I WAS DRIVING THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT

  6. Angela, I’m not sure that you should blame it on the highway. hitting someone from behind proves excessive speed for the conditions and following to closely. To maintain a safe distance you may have to reduce your speed.

  7. I actually blame the drivers . They like to show off. Putting people’s lives @ risk. Or they are drunk . Half asleep . Talking to there passengers . I drove across America @ 65 years young. From upstate cal all the way to philly and all the states in between. And back to Vegas. NOT EVEN A FLAT TYRE . With my beautiful Doggy . You have to concentrate folks .

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