What's truly scary on Halloween? Pedestrians are more likely to be killed by cars
by Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times
Oct 31, 2018
2 minutes
Forget the zombies, ghosts and vampires that pretend to frighten you on Halloween. What ought to scare you to death is the heightened risk of being killed by a car while you're out trick-or-treating.
During prime trick-or-treat hours, the odds that a pedestrian will be fatally struck by a car are 43 percent higher than during comparable time periods one week before or after Halloween, according
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