(NEXSTAR) – Thanks to messy weather, extended darkness and an annual surge of travelers, driving can be dangerous around the holidays—but some sections of highway are especially perilous, according to a new report.
Samsara, a San Francisco-based fleet management and safety platform, found that the national crash rate jumped 13 percent during Thanksgiving week, with a 65 percent spike on the Sunday after the holiday.
This Thanksgiving, a record 81.8 million people are expected to travel at least 50 miles from home between Tuesday, Nov. 25 and Monday, Dec. 1, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). Seventy-three million of those people are expected to travel by car, with AAA warning that the number might grow if people avoid airports in the wake of the shutdown.
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As for the most dangerous routes across the U.S., Samsara’s Head of Insights Kelly Soderlund noted that they often share the following characteristics: rapid temperature swings, wind exposure, and congested metro interchanges with both passenger and freight vehicles…