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=== American statistics === In America, statistics are available from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) {{!}} NHTSA |url=https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=nhtsa.gov |language=en}}</ref> * Between 2005 and 2021, there were 138 fatal crashes that involved at least ten vehicles. * Crashes involving more than ten vehicles are over 100 times more likely to result in the deaths of at least five people compared to fatal crashes involving fewer than five vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Craft |first=Hunter |date=2024-01-25 |title=[Study] How Dangerous Are Multi-Vehicle Pile-Ups? |url=https://www.craftlawfirm.com/news/study-how-dangerous-are-multi-vehicle-pile-ups/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Craft Law Firm |language=en-US}}</ref> * More fatal pile-ups occur between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. than during any other single hour. However, the most frequent time for these accidents is during the transition from late afternoon to early evening, with one-third of the pile-ups happening between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. {{Graph:Chart |type=line |width=320 |height=180 |x=2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 |y1=228,249,247,252,261,228,257,200 |y2= 19, 26, 17, 14, 17, 22, 21, 17 |xGrid=1 |yGrid=1 |legend=Accidents involving three or more vehicles in Great-Britain |y1Title=User killed in accidents involving three or more vehicles |y2Title=Pedestrian killed in accidents involving three or more vehicles }}
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