3.The Sichuan Tibet Highway, China
This is famously known as one of the most scenic drives in the world, featuring several mountains and lakes, as well as a chance to enjoy lots of local events, including horse racing in Kangding. Formerly known as the Kangding-Tibet highway, this road has been listed for decades as the most dangerous road in the world. It stretches 2000 kilometers from Chengdu to Lhasa, being part of the China 318 highway connecting the Sichuan region to Tibet.
As the road snakes through the mountains and forests, you meet the scare of your life as rockfalls and landslides happen frequently. Some parts of the road are also hazardous because of huge potholes and stretches of mud patches that get buses stuck. The roads get slippery at some spots, especially around the winter, sending vehicles skidding. If you happen to survive this ghostly road, you should probably bring a camera along to keep the record of your drive on the road of death.
4.The North Yungas Road, Bolivia
Driving on this road is like taking a road trip through a graveyard with a very high likelihood of being buried on the mountainside as well if you make one wrong turn. When travelling from La Paz, the Bolivian capital to the cool mountainous town of Coroico, you will really try to avoid this particular perilous road. The number of perils here is totally uncountable, from foggy forest lanes and landslides to rocky cliff faces that can come tumbling onto the road without warning. The road was the only route from the town to La Paz, which saw many trucks and buses use it to connect the people with the city, but not all manage to complete the 43-mile ride alive.
As you drive from La Paz, the road becomes extremely steep, climbing over 15,000 feet. The roadside is simply the face of a cliff with a fall over 200 meters. Up until 1994, this road claimed up to 300 lives a year. Every bend on the road is covered in crosses erected in memory of the thousands of victims of the road of death as the road is called today. It was improved from the single lane to two lanes but not much safer because the government can’t move the mountain. The road is no more than 10ft wide at its widest, the rest is just a narrow lane with hairpin bends.