Go home after lunch. We'll tell the boss...
PHers have our official permission to leave work early today, thus avoiding the evening rush hour and almost certain carnage.
Mixed in with all those random press releases that we tend not to bother you with, today's email-bag brings us the news that drivers are more likely to have an accident during 5-6pm in a Friday evening rush hour in November than at any other time.
The stats have been er, crunched by Accident Exchange, which calls itself a 'leading accident management company'. (We assume what they really mean is that they manage the aftermath of accidents, but you never know.)
Either way, this is the chance we've been waiting for to say it...
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"Hey, let's be careful out there!"
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| Day of Week |
Percentage of total accidents recorded |
| Monday |
14.8 % |
| Tuesday |
15.7 % |
| Wednesday |
16.1 % |
| Thursday |
15.5 % |
| Friday |
17.9 % |
| Saturday |
11.2 % |
| Sunday |
8.8 % |
| Month |
Percentage of total accidents recorded |
| January |
8.3 % |
| February |
7.5 % |
| March |
8.4 % |
| April |
7.9 % |
| May |
8.5 % |
| June |
8.7 % |
| July |
8.5 % |
| August |
7.3 % |
| September |
8.3 % |
| October |
8.5 % |
| November |
9.2 % |
| December |
8.9 % |
| Hour of the day |
Percentage of total accidents recorded |
| 12 – 1am |
0.35 % |
| 1-2 am |
0.32% |
| 2-3 am |
0.24% |
| 3-4 am |
0.18% |
| 4-5 am |
0.17% |
| 5-6 am |
0.24% |
| 6-7 am |
0.84% |
| 7-8 am |
3.45 % |
| 8-9 am |
7.74 % |
| 9-10 am |
6.02 % |
| 10-11 am |
6.22 % |
| 11-12 Noon |
6.86 % |
| 12 Noon – 1pm |
8.79 % |
| 1 – 2 pm |
7.62 % |
| 2- 3 pm |
7.60 % |
| 3-4 pm |
8.48% |
| 4-5 pm |
8.29% |
| 5-6 pm |
8.84% |
| 6-7 pm |
6.61% |
| 7-8 pm |
4.26% |
| 8-9 pm |
2.80% |
| 9-10 pm |
1.81% |
| 10-11 pm |
1.33 % |
| 11- 12 Midnight |
0.91 % |
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