Florida's Public Road System Ranked Poorly for Motor Vehicle Accident Deaths and Other Areas in New Study
A recent study by the Reason Foundation looked at the roads in the various states and determined which states had the safest, and the most unsafe, roads. The study looked at different areas of roadway safety such as pavement condition, bridge condition, deaths from motor vehicle accidents, traffic congestion and maintenance costs. Overall, the study found that 24.1% of the bridges in the U.S. are obsolete or deficient in some way and they will not be properly and safely repaired any time soon.
Florida's roadway system ranked 41st among the states in the study (the same ranking as the prior year). Florida's rankings were much worse for urban areas as opposed to rural areas. Florida also did poorly in terms of the rate of deaths from motor vehicle accidents, ranking 35th among the states. Florida did better in terms of bridge deficiency, ranking 12th among the states.
