Illinois Home to 2 of the 50 Most Dangerous U.S. Highways

This is one of the lists you don't want to be at or near the top of, but it's just been revealed that 2 of the nation's 50 most dangerous highways cut through Illinois.

There's new data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System about America's most dangerous highways involving crashes during the past 3 years

Study Finds just shared the results which revealed that two highways in Illinois land inside the top 50 and one is in the top 5. Here are the Illinois highways deemed the most likely to take your life.

I-94 in Cook County, Illinois - 4th most dangerous in America

I-57 in Cook County, Illinois - 41st most dangerous in America

Why are these two Illinois highways among the most dangerous in the nation?

The sheer volume of drivers on these two Illinois roadways inside of the most populated part of the state combined with distracted driving and other factors have led to this notorious mention. The fact that the weather in this part of Illinois can sometimes be wildly unpredictable doesn't help either. The Illinois State Police have even more data about their own vehicles being hit while on the side of these highways from distracted drivers. When you realize that few highways in America have more drivers than I-94 and I-57 in Illinois in an area where weather can turn nasty quickly, have have a perfect storm of dangerous driving possibilities.