Among the stranger articles that I come across each day, CNN Money has reported that fatal car wrecks see a spike in frequency on Tax Day, April 15, the day by which everyone must file and pay their annual taxes. According to the article, the odds of being involved in a fatal car accident is 6% higher on April 15 than any other day of they year! The only other day of the year with a similarly high jump in deadly car wrecks is Super Bowl Sunday which I suppose would be easily attributed to drunk driving.
The reasons behind a spike in fatal car accidents on April 15 is not quite as clear, however. Some of the suggested reasons for this finding is that stressed drivers are more error prone drivers. The lack of sleep and/or concern over the filing of taxes can lead to distracted and disoriented drivers which leads to an acute spike in the number of accidents.
In case you didn’t have enough reason to dread tax day…