One of the deadliest road sections in Pennsylvania is in Cumberland County.

And Harrisburg is second only to Philadelphia when it comes to the number of dangerous road segments in the state.

That is according to Dallas W. Hartman P.C., Attorneys at Law, who released a study of the state's most dangerous roads using fatal crash data gathered from 2015-2017.

In creating the ranking, the study relied on data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System to identify road sections with four or more fatalities during that three-year period.

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Philadelphia

Perhaps not surprisingly, Pennsylvania's most populous city also is the one with the greatest number of dangerous road segments: : 24 segments of road in the Philadelphia area saw a total of 155 fatal crashes that killed 167 people from 2015-2017, according to the study.

The section of road ranked as Pennsylvania's most dangerous is also in Philadelphia. It's an 11-mile segment of Roosevelt Boulevard in the Rawnhurst neighborhood, where 26 crashes killed 30 people. Seven of those crashes involved the use of alcohol, the study found.

In 2016, it was recorded that about 38,000 vehicles travel that stretch of roadway each day, according to the study. That's a high number, authors found -- but there are many roads on the list with higher traffic volumes, including roads that ranked second and third o the list.

Study authors didn't hazard a guess as to why that road sees so many crashes, but suggested it's worth investigating.

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Harrisburg

Harrisburg houses the second highest number of dangerous road segments, with five problem areas included in the list.

Those segments saw a total of 22 fatal crashes that killed 23 people, according to list-makers, who pointed out that "the two deadliest segments in Harrisburg run almost parallel to each other within close vicinity of the Harrisburg Mall."

A 2.3-mile stretch of I-83, and a 3-mile segment of Paxton Street each accounted for five crashes and five deaths, list-makers said.

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Here's the list of Pennsylvania's most dangerous road segments:

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Roosevelt Boulevard, Philadelphia

Length: 10.99 miles

Fatal Crashes: 26

Deaths: 30

Alcohol-involved crashes: 7

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Delaware Expressway, Philadelphia

Length: 29.33 miles

Fatal Crashes: 16

Deaths: 16

Alcohol-involved crashes: 3

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Interstate 81, Mechanicsburg

Length: 20.36 miles

Fatal Crashes: 14

Deaths: 17

Alcohol-involved crashes: 3

(A large part of this segment has an average daily traffic of slightly more than 70,000 vehicles, one-quarter of which are trucks, according to a recent PennDOT study of the I-81 corridor.)

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Street Road, Bensalem

Length: 14.3 miles

Fatal Crashes: 14

Deaths: 15

Alcohol-involved crashes: 3

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State Route 33, Easton

Length: 10.78

Fatal Crashes: 10

Deaths: 14

Alcohol-involved crashes: 3

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Schuylkill Expressway, Philadelphia

Length: 4.96

Fatal Crashes: 10

Deaths: 12

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Ohio River Boulevard, Pittsburgh

Length: 17.82

Fatal Crashes: 10

Deaths: 12

Alcohol-involved crashes: 0

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Interstate 70, Washington

Length: 31.74

Fatal Crashes: 9

Deaths: 11

Alcohol-involved crashes: 0

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Broad Street, Philadelphia

Length: 7.21

Fatal Crashes: 8

Deaths: 9

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Lincoln Highway, Lancaster County

Length: 9.55

Fatal Crashes: 8

Deaths: 9

Alcohol-involved crashes: 0

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Delaware Expressway, Chester

Length: 6.15

Fatal Crashes: 8

Deaths: 8

Alcohol-involved crashes: 4

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U.S. Route 222, Breinigsville

Length: 7.04

Fatal Crashes: 7

Deaths: 11

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia

Length: 1.24

Fatal Crashes: 7

Deaths: 7

Alcohol-involved crashes: 0

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Bristol Pike, Bristol

Length: 3.19

Fatal Crashes: 7

Deaths: 7

Alcohol-involved crashes: 0

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Bustleton Avenue, Philadelphia

Length: 5.79

Fatal Crashes: 7

Deaths: 7

Alcohol-involved crashes: 2

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Sterling Road, Coolbaugh Township

Length: 5.84

Fatal Crashes: 7

Deaths: 7

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Lehigh Valley Thruway, Bethlehem

Length: 12.90

Fatal Crashes: 7

Deaths: 7

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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State Route 78, Glendon

Length: 15.22

Fatal Crashes: 6

Deaths: 8

Alcohol-involved crashes: 3

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Penn Lincoln Parkway, Pittsburgh

Length: 3.67

Fatal Crashes: 6

Deaths: 7

Alcohol-involved crashes: 2

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County Line Road, Warminster

Length: 2.30

Fatal Crashes: 6

Deaths: 6

Alcohol-involved crashes: 3

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Pittsburgh Road, Butler

Length: 8.63

Fatal Crashes: 6

Deaths: 6

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Keystone Shortway Highway, Stroudsburg

Length: 11.79

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 8

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Torresdale Avenue, Philadelphia

Length: 1.91

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 7

Alcohol-involved crashes: 3

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Henry Avenue, Philadelphia

Length: 3.05

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 7

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Lincoln Highway, North Versailles

Length: 3.97

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 7

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Second Street, Chester

Length: 1.15

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 6

Alcohol-involved crashes: 2

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Can Do Expressway, Hazle Township

Length: 1.37

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 6

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Woodhaven Road, Philadelphia

Length: 2.98

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 6

Alcohol-involved crashes: 3

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U.S. Route 220, Linden

Length: 3.83

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 6

Alcohol-involved crashes: 0

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William Penn Highway, Dauphin

Length: 5.68

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 6

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Whitaker Avenue, Philadelphia

Length: 1.54

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 0

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Aramingo Avenue, Philadelphia

Length: 1.87

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 0

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Main Avenue, Scranton

Length: 2.10

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Interstate 83, Harrisburg

Length: 2.30

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 2

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Castor Avenue, Philadelphia

Length: 2.52

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 0

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Second Street, Philadelphia

Length: 2.56

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Benjamin Franklin Highway, Butler

Length: 2.67

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 3

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Kelly Drive, Philadelphia

Length: 2.76

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia

Length: 2.96

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 0

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Paxton Street, Harrisburg

Length: 3.05

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Peach Street, Erie

Length: 3.78

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 0

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State Route 66, Export

Length: 4.53

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Old Philadelphia Pike, Kinzers

Length: 10.21

Fatal Crashes: 5

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 0

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State Route 115, Effort

Length: 5.70

Fatal Crashes: 4

Deaths: 6

Alcohol-involved crashes: 2

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Benjamin Franklin Highway, Prospect

Length: 1.28

Fatal Crashes: 4

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 0

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State Route 309, New Tripoli

Length: 1.85

Fatal Crashes: 4

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Cumberland Street, Myerstown

Length: 2.97

Fatal Crashes: 4

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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U.S. Route 22, Harrisburg

Length: 5.38

Fatal Crashes: 4

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 2

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Hershey Road, Hummelstown

Length: 5.61

Fatal Crashes: 4

Deaths: 5

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1

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Eleventh Street, Philadelphia

Length: 0.52

Fatal Crashes: 4

Deaths: 4

Alcohol-involved crashes: 1