{"id":2224,"date":"2016-10-24T21:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T21:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2022-05-30T09:00:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T09:00:39","slug":"surprising-stats-regarding-the-dangers-of-drunk-driving-at-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/surprising-stats-regarding-the-dangers-of-drunk-driving-at-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprising Stats Regarding the Dangers of Drunk Driving at Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2224\" class=\"elementor elementor-2224\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f129a2a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f129a2a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-511b7727\" data-id=\"511b7727\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fc2dd4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fc2dd4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2226 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Halloween-Most-Dangerous-Drunk-Driving-Holiday-of-2015-300x300-1.png\" alt=\"Halloween Most Dangerous Drunk Driving Holiday of 2015\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released 2015 holiday crash stastics revealing a surprising revelation.&nbsp; Of eight holidays tracked, Halloween topped the list in 2015\u2014ABOVE New Year\u2019s Eve to New Year\u2019s Day\u2014with 90 drunk driving deaths.&nbsp; Furthermore those 90 deaths accounted for 48% of all the traffic fatalities recorded during that time period.&nbsp; This means that almost HALF of the traffic fatalities on Halloween in 2015 involved alcohol and could have prevented!<\/p>\n<p>We know that when holidays fall on a weekend, drunk driving crashes tend to increase. That looks to be a contributing factor since Halloween 2015 fell on a Saturday. (Drunk driving crashes increased from 36% in 2014 to 48% in 2015.)<\/p>\n<p><em>Holiday:&nbsp; time period, #drunk driving deaths, % total traffic fatalities, #total traffic fatalities<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Halloween: 10\/31\/2015 &#8211; 5:59am 11\/01\/2015&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 90&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 48%&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 186<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Halloween: 10\/31\/2014 &#8211; 5:59am 11\/01\/2014&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 70&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 36%&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 192<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, regardless of the day of the week, the report points out the very real dangers of drinking and driving on Halloween or any day.&nbsp; Halloween is a holiday commonly enjoyed by children and families who are out for trick-or-treating and fall festivals, as well as young people and adults attending Halloween parties and festivities.<\/p>\n<p>PLEASE remember that if your celebration will include alcohol, plan ahead for a designated non-drinking driver; make arrangements to use a ride service such as Uber; or stay the night where you party.&nbsp; For you, for your family, and for the countless innocent lives you may encounter on the roads, plan today so that no one experiences the terror of a drunk driving crash that you caused!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released 2015 holiday crash stastics revealing a surprising revelation.&nbsp; Of eight holidays tracked, Halloween topped the list in 2015\u2014ABOVE New Year\u2019s Eve to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/surprising-stats-regarding-the-dangers-of-drunk-driving-at-halloween\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Surprising Stats Regarding the Dangers of Drunk Driving at Halloween<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,19],"tags":[4,15,6,33,7],"class_list":["post-2224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-statistics","tag-nomorevictimstn","tag-drugged-driving","tag-drunk-driving","tag-holidays","tag-impaired-driving","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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