Your lucky day?

I've never been terribly superstitious, but if you are, there may be good news. It looks like tomorrow won't be such a bad day after all. Well, if you're Dutch, that is:

Dutch statisticians have established that Friday 13th, a date regarded in many countries as inauspicious, is actually safer than an average Friday.

A study published on Thursday by the Dutch Centre for Insurance Statistics (CVS) showed that fewer accidents and reports of fire and theft occur when the 13th of the month falls on a Friday than on other Fridays.

"I find it hard to believe that it is because people are preventatively more careful or just stay home, but statistically speaking, driving is a little bit safer on Friday 13th," CVS statistician Alex Hoen told the Verzekerd insurance magazine.

They found that there were fewer incidences of fire, theft, and traffic accidents on average on Friday the 13th than on other Fridays.

On the other hand, you should be careful on Judas Priest Fridays.