The Five Most Dangerous Holidays for Drivers

These five are the most dangerous holidays to be on the road, according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's report on motor vehicle deaths over three- or four-day holiday periods from 2001 to 2006, as well as the percentage of fatal crashes caused by intoxication and the AAA-estimated number of cars on the road for each holiday period.

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NC Girl's Death Not Just a Statistic

Shannon Nicole Adkins had devoted herself to doing something about the wave of teen crash fatalities in her North Carolina county.


She studied teen highway deaths as her senior project at Clayton High School before graduating last spring. She changed her major at Wayne Community College from dental hygiene to criminal justice, says her aunt, Karmela Adkins.

Then on Saturday night she was killed in a head-on collision just a few blocks from her home, the victim of an alleged drunken driver.
 
Shannon Nicole Adkins' death is more than one family's tragedy. She's the 27th teen to die in a crash in Johnston County since the start of 2006, more than in any of the state's other 99 counties.
 

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