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roads is 0.38. Of all vehicle miles traveled in the United States, 22% are driven on back roads, but 43% of vehicle collisions in 2015 (15,132 out of 35,092) occurred on back roads. In 2015, Texas had the highest number of rural non-interstate traffic deaths at 1,259, with
California in second place at 1,219 deaths. Back roads tend to have narrow lanes, limited or non-existent shoulders, inconsistent pavement with gravel patches, sharp curves, steep slopes, and poor visibility. The majority of American back roads were built early in US road history, prior to modern safety standards and vehicle designs.
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were created when the state's rural transportation system began investing in urban factories to relocate to rural areas. This created a system of back-roads that allowed for factories to disperse away from busy urban areas. This was done in the late 1940s under
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problems through grants. Both paved and unpaved back roads are eligible for these grants, which seek to protect water quality from sediment accumulation caused by road and ditch erosion.
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1505:Passing lane
1490:Managed lane
1447:Bicycle lane
1329:Washboarding
1324:Traffic sign
1249:Hairpin turn
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1626:Botts' dots
1614:Demarcation
1314:Storm drain
1279:Road debris
1204:Aquaplaning
1197:environment
1185:Road safety
1063:Cobblestone
1013:Superstreet
818:Winter road
766:Concurrency
759:Other terms
750:Sunken lane
719:Main street
664:Local roads
310:17 February
48:rural areas
1799:Categories
1739:indicators
1708:Structures
1659:Guard rail
1535:Road verge
1408:Seat belts
1344:Snowsquall
1309:Speed bump
1289:Road train
1110:Glassphalt
1050:Bioasphalt
1023:Turnaround
998:Roundabout
928:(at-grade)
894:Roundabout
859:Cloverleaf
714:Green lane
650:Trunk road
578:Main roads
461:By country
237:2018-06-03
213:2018-06-03
190:References
106:Kerr Scott
67:See also:
1530:Road diet
1432:Space and
1377:Road rage
1264:Oil spill
1224:Crosswind
1214:Black ice
1209:Avalanche
1135:Permeable
968:Jughandle
963:Hook turn
869:Free-flow
813:Toll road
732:Side road
689:Boulevard
645:Super two
640:Ring road
615:Link road
514:Hong Kong
469:Australia
411:hierarchy
355:135215978
347:2325-6893
44:back road
1718:Causeway
1555:Shoulder
1391:Vehicles
1339:Whiteout
1299:Rockfall
1294:Roadkill
1219:Bleeding
1195:Road and
1155:Sealcoat
1080:Corduroy
1068:Concrete
1058:Chipseal
1037:Surfaces
889:Raindrop
704:Driveway
699:Dead end
679:Backroad
630:2+2 road
625:2+1 road
549:Portugal
539:Pakistan
304:Archived
286:Vermont
168:See also
117:Examples
75:parkways
18:Backroad
1621:Bollard
1605:Woonerf
1334:Washout
1274:Pothole
1187:factors
1175:Texture
1145:Plastic
1125:Macadam
914:Trumpet
864:Diamond
635:Parkway
610:Highway
524:Ireland
504:Germany
494:Croatia
474:Belgium
150:, India
148:Gujarat
86:Vermont
1714:Bridge
1398:Airbag
1170:Tarmac
1115:Gravel
943:Bowtie
884:Parclo
808:Stroad
771:Detour
746:Street
674:Avenue
559:Taiwan
544:Poland
509:Greece
484:Canada
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1054:Brick
904:Stack
670:Alley
554:Spain
534:Nepal
529:Italy
519:India
489:China
351:S2CID
1650:Curb
1481:Lane
1244:Ford
1160:Sett
1100:Dirt
728:Road
408:Road
343:ISSN
312:2010
288:NRCS
265:ISBN
257:ISBN
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