{"id":5021,"date":"2025-12-24T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/?p=7474595"},"modified":"2025-12-24T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T13:00:00","slug":"in-numbers-holidays-most-dangerous-time-of-the-year-for-car-crashes-in-southern-interior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/5021\/in-numbers-holidays-most-dangerous-time-of-the-year-for-car-crashes-in-southern-interior\/","title":{"rendered":"iN NUMBERS: Holidays most dangerous time of the year for car crashes in Southern Interior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The holidays are for festivities, traditions, general cheerfulness, not car accidents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When this magical time of year comes around there are hundreds of car crashes around B.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just in case you need another reminder to drive safely during the holidays, ICBC has some data on annual Christmas and New Year\u2019s car crashes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For data purposes, ICBC considers Dec. 24 to Dec. 26 to be the Christmas period, while New Year&#8217;s is from 6 p.m. on Dec. 31 to midnight on Jan. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are a few statistics you don\u2019t want to be included in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1,636:<\/strong> Car crashes happen in B.C. during the Christmas period each year, on average.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3: <\/strong>People are killed in car crashes during the Christmas period each year in B.C., on average.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>357:<\/strong> People are injured in car crashes during the Christmas period each year in B.C., on average.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>232:<\/strong> Car crashes happen in the Southern Interior during the Christmas periods each year, on average.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1:<\/strong> Person is killed each New Year\u2019s\u00a0in B.C., on average.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>246:<\/strong> People are injured in car crashes each New Year\u2019s in B.C., on average.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>939:<\/strong> Car crashes happen in B.C. each New Year\u2019s, on average.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>159:<\/strong> Car crashes happen in the Southern Interior each New Year\u2019s, on average.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>9: <\/strong>Highways in B.C. are expected to get some snow on Christmas Eve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in case you need another reminder to drive safely on the holidays, ICBC has some data on annual Christmas and New Year\u2019s car 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