Most people like to think that they are pretty solid drivers. We may not all think we're the next Lewis Hamilton, but most of us believe we are at least slightly better than average behind the wheel. Perhaps we should become more humble and reevaluate our skills, however, as a new study has shown that even light rain can significantly raise the chances of a fatal car crash.

Published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society this week, the study asserts that rain, snow, and ice increases the risk of fatal car crashes by a massive 34 percent. Led by Scott Stevens, a data analyst and meteorologist at the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, he and his colleagues reviewed 125,012 deadly crashes in the Lower 48 states between 2006 and 2011, factoring in the number of cars on the road to calculate the risk of a fatal accident.