Rain Weather Car Accidents Biggest Weather-Related Road Hazard
Poor weather conditions of all kinds increase the risk of car accidents; almost one quarter of all US car crashes are weather related, according to the Federal Highway Administration. Rainy and wet road conditions are particularly hazardous, with 74 percent of all weather related car accidents occurring on wet pavement and 46 percent occurring during rainfall. For comparison, 12 percent of weather-related accidents occur on icy roads while 14 percent occur on snowy or slushy pavement. That means that wet roads contribute to five times as many car accidents as icy, snow road conditions. One of the biggest factors is driving behaviors; drivers are more likely to slow down when they know that roads are icy than when they are wet.
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