The Most Dangerous Time To Drive In Florida

Posted onAuthorChris Owen

Driving to one of Florida’s convenient homeports for your fabulous cruise vacation? New research has revealed the most dangerous time to drive in Florida, with interesting results.

The study by personal injury attorneys InjuredInFlorida.com analyzed data from 2017 to 2021 from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to see which time and day had the highest percentage of people suffering fatal injuries from vehicle accidents.

It found that statistically, 2am is the most dangerous time to drive in Florida, with 693, or 1.35%, of everyone involved in accidents suffering fatal injuries. Other particularly dangerous times to drive include 4 am and 3 am, which both tied at 1.3% of all accident victims suffering fatal injuries. The topmost dangerous hours of the day to drive in were all found to be at night or early morning hours.

The safest place to drive in the study was found to be 8am. This is because only 338, or 0.14%, of people involved accidents recorded at that time between 2017 and 2021 suffered fatal injuries. 3pm came in next, with only 0.17% of people involved in accidents suffering fatal injuries, followed by 4pm, 2pm, and 7am, which were all tied at 0.2%.

Ok so maybe this one is from Cairo but you get the idea: Dangerous

The study also looked at days of the week and ordered them all from most to least dangerous, with Sunday coming out as the most dangerous day to drive in Florida. On all Sundays between 2017 and 2021, 0.52% of all people involved in road accidents suffered fatal injuries. 0.46% of all people involved in accidents recorded on Sundays suffered fatal injuries, and Fridays and Mondays tied with 0.32%.

Wednesday is statistically the safest day to drive in Florida, with 0.3% of vehicle accident victims suffering fatal injuries.

Most dangerous times to drive

TimeTotal FatalitiesTotal number of people in accidentsPercentage of fatalities
2:00 AM693 50,6711.35%
4:00 AM451 34,3081.30%
3:00 AM523 39,7951.30%
1:00 AM618 54,6051.12%
5:00 AM541 50,9771.05%
Midnight710 77,6920.91%
11:00 PM859 96,9910.88%
10:00 PM925 130,3180.70%
9:00 PM1,142 164,5250.69%
8:00 PM1,142 193,3770.59%

Safest times to drive

TimeTotal FatalitiesTotal number of people in accidentsPercentage of fatalities
8:00 AM338 235,8980.14%
3:00 PM654 375,9230.17%
4:00 PM746 379,2770.20%
2:00 PM652 330,8370.20%
7:00 AM449 224,1160.20%

Days of the week, ordered by most to least dangerous

DayTotal FatalitiesTotal number of people in accidentsPercentage of fatalities
SUNDAY2,650 511,6260.52%
SATURDAY2,866 621,2300.46%
FRIDAY2,579 791,4760.32%
MONDAY2,125 669,5900.32%
THURSDAY2,139 695,5030.31%
TUESDAY2,114 688,1070.31%
WEDNESDAY2,036 687,8040.30%

Commenting on the findings, a spokesperson for InjuredInFlorida.com said: “While driving in the early hours of the morning and at night may provide clearer roads and shorter journeys, it doesn’t necessarily mean a safer journey. There are more injuries during rush hour than at these times, but the data shows that fatalities are more than five times likely to occur early in the morning by comparison.”

The study was conducted by InjuredInFlorida.com, a team of personal injury attorneys who have helped thousands throughout Florida obtain the maximum compensation for life-changing injuries resulting from the negligence of others.