Labor Day Weekend is the unofficial ending of Summer, giving families one more chance to take a road trip. And those on Florida’s roads need to drive extra carefully.

A new analysis by Munley Law ranked Florida the 26th-safest state in the U.S. for driving during the Labor Day period. That puts Florida right in the middle of the pack among the 50 states and Washington, D.C.

But that still presents a danger for drivers. The Munley Law study found that as far as Summer travel goes, Labor Day is the most treacherous only behind the Fourth of July. The report showed that 513 people were killed in car crashes during the Labor Day weekend of 2023 in the U.S. That’s up from the previous year, when 496 lives were lost.

The law firm used data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Ad

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