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Motorists are being warned about the “fatal Friday” effect that means they are at a significantly higher risk of being involved in a car accident on the last day of the working week.
Road Casualties Great Britain 2004, a study which looks at car accidents claims that there is a rise in car accidents of nearly a fifth on Friday evenings between 4pm and 6pm, with 352 drivers killed or seriously injured at this time in 2004, compared to 287 on other days of the week. These road accident statistics are not confined to Britain; they have been replicated in many other countries, including New Zealand and America .
The reason behind the Friday rise in car accidents is thought to be mainly that drivers "switch off" after the week's work and do not concentrate properly on driving, although speeding may also be a factor.
John Vine, a spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland, commented: *...people do tend to drive faster at the end of the working week and it means they and others around them are more at risk. There is no point in drivers rushing to get somewhere if an accident means they won’t get there at all.*
