STUDY, LOUISIANA IS RANKED IN THE TOP TEN FOR THE MOST DANGEROUS ROADS ACROSS THE U.S. NEWS TEN DANIELLE JOHNSON BREAKS DOWN THE DATA AND SHOWS US WHERE DANGEROUS ROAD SIGNS ARE GOING UP IN ACADIANA. DANIELLE: 1-800- INJURED RANKED LOUISANA AS NUMBER 7 FOR MOST DANGEROUS ROADS ACROSS THE U.S. EXPERTS SAY THIS DIDNT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT LED UP TO THIS RANKING LAW ENFORCMENT, EMERGENCY PERSONAL, OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY ADVOCACY GROUPS CONSTANTLY STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF ROAD SAFETY. SEVERAL SAY THE MAIN CAUSE OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES ARE DUE TO IMPAIRMENT, DISTRACTED DRIVING AND IMPROPER SEATBELT USE. BUT NUMBERS DONT LIE AND RECENT DATA REVELEAD THE STANDARD OF ROAD QULAITY AND MAINTANANCE CAN ALSO BE A DETERMINING FACTOR THAT CAN MAKE A COLLISION MORE LIKELY. LOUISIANA IS RANKED AS NUMBER SEVEN IN THE STATE FOR MOST DANGEROUS ROADS IN THE U.S.... IN THE STATE THERE ARE 17.78 FATALITIES PER 100,000 PEOPLE. 1.71 FTALATIES PER 100 MILLLION VEHICLE MILES TRAVELLED AND 24.23 FATALATIES PER 100,000 LICENSEED DRIVERS. ALTHOUGH NUMBERS ARE ALARMING, A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS RECENTLY WENT TO RESURFACING ROADS IN JEANERETTE "CARO BOURGEIOUS: "WE HAD JUST A VARIATION OF COMPPLAINTS. CERTAINLY GOOD SERVICES AND GOOD STREETS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. MAYOR BOURGEOIS SAYS CITY LEADERS IDENTIFIED THE STREETS IN THE POOREST CONDITION WITHIN EACH WARD. FROM A LIST OF 25 FOUR STREETS WILL BE RESURFACED IN PHASE ONE. "IT'S BEEN LONG OVERDUE AND MUCH NEEDED BUT JEANERETTE IS IN A BETTER POSITION TODAY. WE ARE TRYING TO ADMINISTRATE THINGS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES DANIELLE: DATA ALSO REVELEAD WHEN IT COMES TO ROAD