{"id":6273,"date":"2025-09-17T22:47:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T03:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2025-09-17T22:47:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T03:47:54","slug":"crashes-increase-in-fall-in-most-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/crashes-increase-in-fall-in-most-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Crashes increase in fall in most states"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The arrival of cooler fall temperatures is accompanied by frightening roadways across most of the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to CARFAX data, fall is the most dangerous season to drive. Its<strong> <\/strong>analysis found that in 39 states, fall had the highest percentage of accidents compared to all other seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>California, Texas, New York, Illinois, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Wisconsin were among the states seeing a spike in fall crashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSeasonal shifts can bring new risks on the road, making this a good time to slow down, stay alert, and check for maintenance or open recalls to ensure the safety of the vehicle and everyone on the road,\u201d said Faisal Hasan, Vice President of Data Acquisition at CARFAX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CARFAX report listed the following reasons for the increase in fall accidents:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Diminishing Daylight:<\/strong>\u00a0Fall means shorter days and more time driving in the dark. Drivers are twice as likely to have an accident in the dark as they are in daylight. About half\u00a0of all U.S. accidents happen in the dark, despite fewer drivers out after dusk, according to the National Safety Council. Less visibility also means slower reaction time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Slick Surfaces:<\/strong>\u00a0Tree debris and wet leaves on the roadway can pose a major risk. Braking on wet leaves can make a car travel more than twice as far as braking on a dry road, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Deer Danger:<\/strong>\u00a0More deer crashes occur in the last few months of the year, due to mating season and migration, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Six states &#8211; Connecticut, Oklahoma, Vermont, New Hampshire, Montana, and North Dakota \u2013 have the most crashes in the winter. Summer sees the most accidents in Hawaii, Washington, and Oregon. For Pennsylvania and Florida, the most dangerous season is spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The arrival of cooler fall temperatures is accompanied by frightening roadways across most of the nation. According to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_appearance_grid":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-industry","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/niada.com\/dashboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}