NYC drivers beware — you're 20% more likely to get into a car crash on this day

Now, this is enough to drive New York City motorists nuts.

In the city that doesn’t sleep — but where sirens blare, brakes screech and horns beep — drivers are 20% more likely to be involved in a car accident on Saturdays than any other day of the week, according to frightening new data.

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“ Saturday tops the list as New York’s most hazardous driving day with 557 collisions recorded,” study authors for Metropolitan Shuttle , a nationwide charter bus service, revealed in the report. “This represents 17.8% of all weekly traffic incidents and exceeds the daily average by approximately 20%.“

Researchers examined traffic collision information across New York in 2023, per the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), to deter