The Deadliest Hours Across America's Roads
The 5 deadliest hours of 2024 all fall back to back between 5 PM and 10 PM, a stretch that overlaps evening commutes, dinner runs, and the shift into nighttime driving conditions. The single deadliest hour, 8 to 9 PM, saw 2,346 fatalities, narrowly ahead of 9 to 10 PM at 2,259 and 6 to 7 PM at 2,239. Even the fifth ranked hour, 5 to 6 PM at 2,146 deaths, outpaces most other hours of the day, underscoring how concentrated fatal risk becomes once the sun goes down.