How many accidents per year on 401 between Toronto and Ottawa. How many result in deaths.?
The section of Highway 401 between Windsor and London has become known as “Carnage Alley”, particularly since 1988, when a long string of particularly violent and deadly accidents occurred in this section. These accidents have occurred because of the road’s initial 1950s design, namely narrow lanes, soft shoulders, and narrow grass median which has proven to be insufficient in preventing cross-directional collisions. This stretch of highway is also the busiest truck route in North America. Highway 401 has been the site of Canada’s deadliest automobile pile-up. An 87-vehicle pile-up occurred on the freeway just east of the Manning Road interchange and truck inspection center, during a thick fog on September 3 (Labour Day), 1999, which made headlines as far off as Toledo and Cleveland. In response, the freeway in this area is being given a massive upgrade. For more on this, read below. One of the more accident-prone parts of the freeway is at Exit 109 (Victoria Road, formerly Highway 21,
