Holiday Auto Travel Alert in OHIO

Holidays are traditionally a time of travel for families across the great state of OHIO and many choose the automobile—with the highest fatality rate of any of the major forms of transportation based on fatalities per passenger mile. Holidays are often the cause of family celebrations that include the drinking of alcohol, which is a major contributing factor to motor-vehicle crashes. Alcohol plays a major role in accident for the following holidays in the Buckeye state:

• New Year’s Day – 55% of the accidents are Alcohol related
• Memorial Day – 52% of the accidents are Alcohol related
• Independence Day – 49% of the accidents are Alcohol related
• Labor Day – 48% of the accidents are Alcohol related
• Thanksgiving – 47 % of the accidents are Alcohol related
• Christmas – 51 % of the accidents are Alcohol related.

Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)