(KGTV) — This is Friday the 13th, a day with a reputation for being unlucky and dangerous.
But is there any truth to the superstition?
A 2008 Dutch study says no.
It found there were actually fewer car accidents on Friday the 13th, perhaps because fewer people leave the house.
However, a 1993 British study found accidents increase up to 52% on this day.
So those studies conflict.
But UC San Diego professor David Phillips found U.S. residents of Chinese and Japanese descent are much more likely to die of a heart attack on the 4th of the month.
The number is often avoided in China and Japan because the word "four" sounds almost identical to the word for "death."
