Tuen Mun Road — Hong Kong's haunted highway where ghosts cause accidents

Tuen Mun Road, one of Hong Kong's major expressways connecting Tsuen Wan to Tuen Mun in the New Territories, is widely considered one of the most haunted roads in Asia. The highway, which winds through mountainous terrain above the coast, has been the site of an unusually high number of fatal accidents since it opened in 1978. While the road's design — with its sharp curves and steep gradients — accounts for many incidents, locals attribute some accidents to supernatural causes. Drivers have reported seeing a woman in white standing in the road who vanishes on impact, ghostly figures appearing in the backseat mirror, and hands reaching from the roadside barriers. Some drivers describe sudden disorientation, feeling as though they are being pulled toward the cliff edge by an invisible force. In Cantonese folk belief, accident victims who die violently can become 'water ghosts' or 'road ghosts' who lure others to their deaths in order to find a replacement spirit, freeing themselves to move on to the afterlife. Taoist priests have been called to perform exorcism rituals along sections of the road, and some roadside shrines have been erected by families of accident victims. The road's reputation is so well-established that some Hong Kong drivers recite prayers before driving it at night.