"Table 2-27: Motor Vehicle Fatal Crashes by Day of Week, Time of Day, and Weather and Light Conditions (percent)",,,,,,,,,,, ,1990 ,1991 ,1992 ,1993 ,1994 ,1995 ,1996 ,1997 ,1998 ,1999 ,2000 TOTAL Fatal crashes,"39,836","36,937","34,942","35,780","36,254","37,241","37,494","37,324","37,107"," 37,140 ","37,409" ,,,,,,,,,,, Day of week,,,,,,,,,,, Sunday,16.1,16.2,15.9,15.8,15.9,15.7,15.2,15.8,15.5,R15.7,16.1 Monday,11.7,11.5,11.6,12.1,12.4,12.4,12.7,12.1,12.4,12.6,12.4 Tuesday,11.5,11.5,11.5,11.8,11.7,11.8,12.4,11.9,12.4,11.9,12.0 Wednesday,11.5,11.9,12.3,12.0,12.3,11.9,12.2,13.0,12.4,12.5,12.2 Thursday,12.5,12.5,13.2,13.0,12.7,13.0,13.3,13.0,13.5,12.9,13.0 Friday,16.6,16.5,16.1,16.3,16.3,16.6,16.1,16.1,15.8,15.9,16.0 Saturday,19.9,19.9,19.3,19.0,18.6,18.5,R18.2,18.0,18.0,18.5,18.5 Unknown,0.02,0.03,0.01,0.02,0.04,0.03,0.04,0.05,0.04,R0.01,0.02 ,,,,,,,,,,, Time of day,,,,,,,,,,, Midnight to 3 a.m.,15.7,15.3,14.3,13.8,13.1,12.8,12.6,12.2,12.3,12.2,12.5 3 a.m. to 6 a.m.,7.7,7.9,7.4,7.3,7.3,7.5,7.4,7.2,7.3,R7.6,8.0 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.,8.6,8.6,8.5,8.9,9.3,9.2,9.5,9.9,9.7,10.1,9.9 9 a.m. to noon,8.4,8.6,8.8,9.7,9.6,9.4,9.7,9.9,10.2,R10.1,9.9 Noon to 3 p.m.,11.5,0.0,12.4,12.5,13.1,12.9,12.7,13.3,13.4,13.2,13.1 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.,15.6,15.7,16.0,16.0,16.6,16.8,16.9,16.6,16.8,16.8,16.7 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.,15.5,15.6,16.5,16.2,15.7,15.9,15.7,15.9,15.6,15.4,15.4 9 p.m. to midnight,15.9,15.8,15.3,14.7,14.3,14.6,14.6,14.1,13.8,13.8,13.7 Unknown,0.8,0.8,0.8,0.8,R0.9,0.9,0.9,0.9,0.9,R0.8,0.9 ,,,,,,,,,,, Atmospheric condition,,,,,,,,,,, Normal,86.7,86.7,85.6,87.0,87.3,R86.7,86.3,86.4,87.2,89.0,87.4 Rain,9.3,9.0,10.0,8.7,8.3,R8.6,8.4,8.8,8.8,7.3,7.0 Snow/sleet,1.6,1.9,2.0,2.2,1.8,2.4,2.7,2.5,1.7,1.6,2.4 Other/unknown,2.3,2.4,2.3,2.1,2.5,R2.3,2.6,2.3,2.3,R2.0,3.2 ,,,,,,,,,,, Light condition,,,,,,,,,,, Daylight,45.0,45.4,46.0,47.7,49.5,48.7,49.3,50.3,50.5,50.7,50.1 "Dark, but lighted",17.7,17.4,17.4,16.4,15.6,R16.0,15.9,15.6,14.9,R15.0,15.9 Dark,32.7,33.0,32.4,31.5,30.3,R30.7,30.3,29.5,30.0,29.7,29.0 Dawn or dusk,4.2,3.9,3.9,4.2,4.2,4.2,4.2,4.2,4.3,4.3,4.0 Unknown,0.3,0.3,0.3,0.2,R0.3,0.4,0.3,R0.4,0.3,0.3,1.0 KEY: R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, SOURCES: ,,,,,,,,,,, "1990-1993: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts (Washington, DC: Annual issues), tables 24 and 25. ",,,,,,,,,,, "1994-2000: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) query at http://www.fars.nhtsa.dot.gov as of Oct. 4, 2001.",,,,,,,,,,,