What were the most dangerous holidays for driving in?

According to the National Safety Council, Independence Day, when drinking and driving was a major factor, took the dubious honor of being the biggest holiday period for fatalities and injuries. Memorial Day, with its onset-of-summer status, stood as the runner-up.

Thanksgiving ranked in third place, followed by Labor Day in fourth place. The study sourced data from 2013. Because New Year’s and Christmas both fell in the middle of the week, those two holiday periods were much shorter than usual and they ranked fifth and sixth, respectively.