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The 1999 Highway 401 crash on September 3, was a multiple-vehicle collision that resulted from dense fog conditions on a section of Highway 401 between Windsor and Tilbury. There were 87 vehicles involved in the pile-up in both directions of the divided freeway. Eight people were killed in the crash and 45 more were injured. The crash is considered one of the worst in Canadian history, and led to significant improvements to the freeway between Windsor and Chatham. ==Background== The section of Highway 401 between Windsor and London was constructed in stages in the 1960s. It was an asphalt-paved expressway carrying two lanes of traffic in each direction, with the two carriageways separated by a grass median, and soft gravel shoulders which had been blamed for frequent vehicle rollovers.〔 〕 Although parts of the freeway had been constructed with several deliberate curves to reduce driver inattention, a stretch west of Tilbury was built following straight concession lines to minimize damage to the surrounding agricultural areas. The straight road and flat, agricultural landscape were said to cause driver fatigue and contributed to numerous collisions and pile-ups in the 1990s, earning the stretch of road the nickname ''Carnage Alley''.〔 〕 Days before the crash in 1999, Ontario Minister of Transportation, David Turnbull, had travelled the portion of freeway and called it "pleasant to drive". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1999 Highway 401 crash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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