You might suffer injury or lose a loved one in a car accident any day, or time, but the data show some times pose more risk with a higher frequency of injury and fatality collisions.
- Car accident fatalities are more likely to occur on weekends than weekdays, with Friday the day for the most collisions and Saturday the day for the most car-accident related fatalities. In 2017, 504 fatal crashes occurred on Friday through Sunday, with 485 Monday through Thursday.
- The most common time for a car accident is from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. This holds true in Charleston County as well as throughout the state. Car accident fatalities are more likely to occur between 9 p.m. and midnight, when 17.8 percent of total accidents occurred in 2017.