Which time period accounts for 13% of car crashes?

• A. Between 9:00 pm and midnight
• B. On Friday and Saturday
• C. On dark/unlit roads
• D. Between midnight and 6:00 am

Answer: (D)

Crashes are more likely during late-night hours because visibility is reduced and drivers are more likely to be tired or impaired. The period from midnight to 6 am concentrates these risk factors in a specific time window, and it’s the window most associated with that 13% figure. Fewer cars may be on the road then, but the combination of limited visibility, fatigue, and a higher incidence of alcohol- or drug-impaired driving increases the chance of a crash during that time.

The other options describe either a later part of the night (which also has risks but isn’t the cited time frame), the idea that crashes peak on certain days (which is about days, not a time period), or a road condition (which is about lighting, not when the crashes occur). So the midnight to 6 am period best fits the question’s time-based statistic.