Study: Rain increases risk of fatal car crashes by 34 percent
Raindrops speckle a car window in December on 16th Street NW in Washington. By Jason Samenow Jason Samenow Editor and writer covering weather and climate Email Bio Follow April 24 at 3:43 PM
The study, published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, found a 34 percent increase in the risk of a fatal crash when precipitation is falling. They found the heavier the precipitation, the greater the risk of a deadly crash. Light precipitation increased the risk of a fatal crash by 27 percent, while the risk more than doubled during heavy precipitation.
“The signal is still present at light rain rates,” he said in an interview. “I think this might be an unappreciated risk.”Examining the data by region, the researchers found precipitation increases the risk of fatal accidents most in the Northern Rockies and Upper Midwest, probably because a significant portion of the precipitation there falls as snow.
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