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Show Road Statistics Prove Sunday Is Danger Day Between seven anil eight o'clock at night is tlie world's most dangerous hour. The G,000 fatal accidents on Britain's highways during the past year hear witness to this fact. But niot accidents of ail kinds occur between be-tween five and six o'clock. From six to seven there is a decided lull. It is curious that although the accidents ac-cidents recorded between 10 p. m. and midnight are fewer than from eleven o'clock in the morning to three in the afternoon, the number of fatalities in these two night hours is much greater. In America last year 40!),OOO accidents, acci-dents, resulting in lS.OOO deaths, occurred oc-curred between the hours of 6 a. m. and 6 p. m.. whereas in the night half of the clock out of a total of 380,200 accidents no fewer than 15,-500 15,-500 proved fatal. The most dangerous day of the week for road-users motorists and pedestrians is Sunday. London Answers. |