Dead Man's Curve

This article is about dangerous sections of roads. For other uses, see Dead Man's Curve (disambiguation).
A section of the 1915 Ridge Route in Lebec, California, abandoned when US 99 (later upgraded to I-5) was constructed over the Tejon Pass in order to make travel straighter and safer.
Dead Man's Curve on old U.S. Route 66 in New Mexico
Dead Man's Curve in Cleveland, Ohio

Dead Man's Curve is an American nickname for a curve in a road that has claimed many lives because of numerous crashes.[1][2]

  1. ^ Allen, Irving Lewis (1995). The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular Speech. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509265-1 – via Google Books. A bend in any road that has a history of vehicular accidents always seems to be called Dead Man's Curve.
  2. ^ Algar, Selim (October 8, 2012). "Police: 4 Killed in Gruesome Long Island Accident: Driver Only Had Learner's Permit". New York Post. Retrieved August 8, 2015. The site is so frequently the scene of horrific accidents, first responders call it 'Dead Man's Curve'.