{"id":2321,"date":"2016-11-23T20:15:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T04:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tariolaw.com\/?p=2321"},"modified":"2022-11-24T21:49:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T05:49:10","slug":"u-s-death-rate-surges-with-thanksgiving-car-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tariolaw.com\/u-s-death-rate-surges-with-thanksgiving-car-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Death Rate Surges with Thanksgiving Car Accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year, the U.S. death rate surges beginning on Thanksgiving<\/a> and remains at high levels through the winter months. Factors that affect an increase in deaths over the winter include an increase in car crashes, cases of the flu and heart attacks.<\/p>\n

The two factors that cause a surge in death rates on Thanksgiving are car accidents and heart attacks.<\/p>\n

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Thanksgiving car accidents<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Many people travel to visit family for Thanksgiving and most drive to get there. This means a dramatic increase in traffic on the roads right as weather conditions turn cold and possibly icy or snowy. As a result, data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration\u2019s Fatality Analysis Reporting System consistently shows that the Thanksgiving holiday leads to more deadly car accidents than any other holiday. In 2012, for example, there were 764 crashes (about 400 involving motorists) that caused a fatality during Thanksgiving compared to 654 crashes causing a fatality during Christmas that year.<\/p>\n

Sadly, many of these car accidents are preventable. The NHTSA reveals that of the fatalities that happened on Thanksgiving 2012, at least 40 percent of the passengers killed were in a crash with a drunk driver and 60 percent of the passengers were not wearing seat belts.<\/p>\n

NHTSA Thanksgiving driving safety tips:<\/p>\n