Why Did Traffic Deaths Spike As Drivers Left Roads?

American Institute for Economic Research ^ | July 5, 2021 | Peter C. Earle

[Fraxinus]

I got the impression that there were fewer automobile collisions, but the ones that happened were much higher energy (speed of vehicle). Slightly few collisions, but much more likely to have death or serious injury (not a lot of death or injury in sub 20MPH collisions with modern cars).

[Farmerbob]

Covid...? Is this a rhetorical question? (Of course I haven’t read the article yet.)

[the OlLine Rebel]

It could be plenty were on the roads doing nothing but doodling around. Driving for fun.

(Not so much at first as traffic really was far down in our region all summer.)

[lepton]

For a while, at least, we saw that it even became commonplace for people to ignore red lights.