
"Thanksgiving and Independence Day are the most dangerous holidays for drivers in the United States this year.
Due to fatigue, impaired, distracted or careless driving, Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports that traffic fatalities spike during holiday breaks every year.
Many of the deaths happening on America's roads are preventable, according to the National Safety Council.

The organization projects that 507 traffic deaths will occur between tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 22, and the end of Sunday.
Independence Day, which was on a Tuesday in 2023, is counted as an equally long holiday period this year - running from Friday night to Tuesday night. According to the latest estimates, July 4 cost 619 lives this year due to traffic accidents.
All other holidays in 2023 have break periods of 3.5 days associated with them, causing fatality estimates to be somewhat lower."
