Halloween is a day where you can get together with friends or family to dress up in costumes, carve pumpkins, watch horror movies, and get candy by trick-or-treating. Although there could be dangers that follow through all the Halloween fun. Halloween can be a very dangerous holiday if you do not take the right precautions to protect yourself.
One of the dangerous things you could run into on Halloween night is reckless drivers and driving. Kids or adults could get run over by cars while crossing the street to get more candy from the other houses on the other side. Also, drivers could be under the influence on Halloween while driving. According to Safe Kids Worldwide, children are more than twice as likely to be hit by a car and killed on Halloween than any other day of the year.
Halloween is the one day of the year and the most consistent for pedestrian injuries and fatalities. There are also multiple dangers when it comes to trick-or-treating. While someone may be going about their day going from door to door collecting candy. There could be a lot of dangers following this since these people and kids do not know who these people are. Many people could be lacing one’s candy without them even realizing it. Although not everyone is like this, others can be.
Many studies have shown that Halloween is the one day a year where more fatalities happen than any other day throughout the year. Halloween candy can be laced with fentanyl or have needles in them. Lacing candy with fentanyl became a thing last year in 2023 during Halloween. The needles in candy was a thing back in the 90’s but has died down since then.
Although there are precautions you could take when out on the streets during Halloween. The first one is walking with a parent or a big group, especially when walking on the roads. Also, one thing you must always do is look both ways before crossing the street. This could prevent the fatalities that come with reckless drivers as long as the kids, teens, and adults are being safe and cautious.
Another precaution to take when you’re getting ready to eat your Halloween candy is making sure your rapper hasn’t been opened or tampered with at all times before you put a candy bar in your mouth. Parents could help their little ones out with this as well.
Halloween is a really fun holiday to celebrate, but it is also a very dangerous holiday, which others may not realize. Therefore, you should always take your precautions before going out on Halloween night and when you get back from Halloween night. You never know what dangers might follow.
