Social distancing policies, changes in traffic volume, accidents, injuries

What The Study Did:

Researchers compared traffic volume and motor vehicle crash injuries before, during and after COVID-19-related state-of-emergency and stay-at-home orders in Ohio from January to July last year with the same period in 2019.

Authors:

Motao Zhu, Ph.D., of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, is the corresponding author.

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