The Deadliest Days for Car Crashes
| The deadliest days | |
| Holiday | Fatalities |
| Fourth of July (July 4) |
200 deaths (44 percent alcohol related) |
| Labor Day (Sept. 1-3) |
519 deaths (40 percent alcohol related) |
| New Year's (Dec. 30 -Jan. 1) |
391 deaths (40 percent alcohol related) |
| Memorial Day (May 26-28) |
491 deaths (38 percent alcohol related) |
| Christmas (Dec. 22-25) |
468 deaths (36 percent alcohol related) |
| Thanksgiving (Nov. 22-25) |
548 dead (35 percent alcohol related) |
| Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2007 data | |
FROM DANGEROUS ROADS
TO DANGEROUS CO-WORKERS
For some of us, just going to work can create some frightening situations. Tell us how your current or former co-worker terrorized your workplace ... or just annoyed the heck out of everyone. Share Your Nightmare Here
Insurance
- Car Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Home Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Life Insurance Calculators
- Insurance Blog Posts
PERSONAL FINANCE
- Bargains
- Banking
- Budgets
- Calculators
- College Finance
- Community
- Credit
- Debt
- Economizer
- Fraud
- Insurance
- Loans
- Mortgages
- Recalls
- Recession
- Retirement
- Saving
- Simplification
- Specials
- Taxes
FROM THE BLOG
- Ask WalletPop
- Buyer Beware
- Celebs & Money
- Fantastic Freebies
- Kids and Money
- Loose Change
- Ripoffs and Scams
- Sex Sells
- Stimulate US
- The Dolans
- Video
INVESTING
- Stock Quotes
- Stock Charts
- Stock Ticker
- Portfolio
- Stock Screener
- Broker Center
- Mutual Fund Center
- ETF Center
- Money
- 24/7 Wall St.
- Financial Glossary
SMALL BUSINESS
Insurance Basics
Better not pout, better not cry if homeowner's insurance covers holiday disasters
You probably wouldn't send a holiday card depicting the family dog biting the boss. Or one that shows a brand new flat screen...
Merry Christmas, unemployed: COBRA help extended through February
Early Saturday morning the Senate gave unemployed persons a Christmas gift. Through a trick in legislation, unemployment...
Who pays when a valet damages your car?
Have you ever wondered what happens to your car after you turn the keys over to a valet? If you've ever found damage to...
Healthcare reform: As the debate rages, remember Boss Tweed
As we watch the healthcare debate rage on in Congress, it's helpful noting that wholesale change of a flawed-but-longstanding...
Ask Me About Insurance
Do you have a question about insurance? Ask our insurance expert Jonathan Berr.
Insurance Talk
Insurance stories and tips from our readers.

This story illustrates peoplesâ inability to understand simple numbers and their impact on the real world. If one is writing a story about the deadliest holidays, one should remember that dead is dead. If there are 548 deaths on Thanksgiving then that is the deadliest holiday for driving. If one is trying to illustrate the dangers of drinking and driving then Labor Day is the deadliest.
Please get an education about the subject about which you are writing before putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard).
Wayne