Frequent crashes along certain notorious Malaysian bends are often attributed to supernatural disturbances, but a road safety expert has warned that treating accident black spots as paranormal hotspots blinds drivers to real, preventable infrastructure flaws.

Jamil Manan Supri, founder of the Road Safety Expert Association (RSEA), said authorities and road users must separate cultural beliefs from measurable safety risks.

Rather than dismissing public accounts entirely, Jamil said persistent claims that a spot is “haunted” should serve as an early community warning to investigate structural and environmental issues.

“We should not immediately label a location as haunted to the extent that we overlook the actual contributing factors,” he said in a recent statement.