International Driving

The Most Dangerous Countries for Drivers

You take your life in your hands when you take the wheel in your hands

Mark Kleimann
6 min readFeb 25, 2023

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Planning a trip abroad? Trying to consider whether to drive, take Ubers or make other travel arrangements?

When considering a trip overseas, it is wise to investigate how dangerous it is to drive in the places you’ll visit.

The Most Hair-Raising Countries to Drive In

According to traveloffpath.com, in their December 2022 study, these are the Top 7 most dangerous countries in which to jump behind the wheel:

  1. Dominican Republic

When one thinks about this popular Caribbean destination for Americans, one tends to have this in mind:

Photo by Antonella Vilardo on Unsplash

What they do not have in mind is that this lovely destination was named by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as being the worst for traffic accidents per inhabitant, with this being the leading cause of death for people aged 15–29. It has 64.9 deaths per 100,000 people due to traffic accidents.

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Mark Kleimann

I am a writer from Australia, and share my life experiences to help others with whatever challenges they might be facing. Some of these can be quite hairy...