Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, June 14, 2023:
Analysis of five years of traffic accident data shows the most dangerous hour to drive in the U.S. is 6-7 p.m., with 8,563 road deaths recorded during the period. The study by Forbes Advisor analyzed National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data from 2016 to 2020 to reveal the number of fatalities from road accidents in each U.S. state for each hour, day, and month.
The highest number of road accident deaths occur on a Saturday (25,907 fatalities), and October (13,566 road accident fatalities) is the month with the most fatalities combined between 2016 and 2020.
The second most dangerous hour is from 8-9 p.m., during which time 8,387 fatalities occurred between 2016 and 2020, while 9-10 p.m. has the third highest total, with 8,241 deaths.
Weekends in general were considerably dangerous, with 23,147 traffic deaths on Fridays, for the second highest total, and 23,038 on Sundays, high enough for third place.
July is the second deadliest month with 13,483 deaths, and September’s total of 13,404 is the third highest.
Looking at individual states, the most dangerous time in 13 states was 5-6 p.m. In the majority of states, the hour when the most road accident deaths occurred was generally between 3 and 10 p.m.
