RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Spooky costumes aren’t the only scary things out and about on Halloween night. The American Automobile Association (AAA) has some helpful traffic safety tips for this particularly dangerous time of year for pedestrians and children.
According to the NHTSA, Halloween is consistently one of the top three days of the year for pedestrian injuries and deaths. Additionally, an estimated 40% of all Halloween crashes in the U.S. involve drunk drivers.
Halloween is especially dangerous for children, as they are more than twice as likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than on any other day of the year, according to Safe Kids Worldwide…