Most drunk driving accidents occur between ___.

• A. 6 PM and 9 PM
• B. noon and 3 PM
• C. 3 AM and 6 AM
• D. midnight and 3am

Answer: (D)

Late-night hours after midnight are when drunk driving crashes are most common. People who have been out drinking are more likely to be on the road during this time, and impairment affects judgment and reaction time, increasing the chance of a crash. The midnight to 3 a.m. window captures the peak period when intoxicated drivers are still out and traffic is present, making crashes more frequent than in daytime or early evening.

The other time frames don’t align as closely with this peak pattern. Early evening can have some drinking, but less of the high-impairment driving seen after midnight; daytime hours (noon–3 PM) generally have fewer intoxicated drivers on the road; and while 3–6 AM does involve late-night driving, the highest concentration of drunk-driving crashes tends to cluster around midnight to 3 AM.