Association Between Changes in Social Distancing Policies in Ohio and Traffic Volume and Injuries, January Through July 2020

Li Li; Lucas M Neuroth; Edward Valachovic; David C Schwebel; Motao Zhu

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.25770

Association Between Changes in Social Distancing Policies in Ohio and Traffic Volume and Injuries, January Through July 2020

JAMA. 2021 Mar 9;325(10):1003-1006. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.25770.

Authors

Li Li¹, Lucas M Neuroth², Edward Valachovic³, David C Schwebel⁴, Motao Zhu²

Affiliations

¹ College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus.
² The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, State University of New York, Rensselaer.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Abstract

This study compares traffic volume and motor vehicle crash injuries before, during, and after state-of-emergency and stay-at-home orders in the state of Ohio from January to July 2020 vs the same period in 2019.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Observational Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Accidents, Traffic / trends*
COVID-19 / prevention & control
Health Policy
Humans
Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Linear Models
Ohio / epidemiology
Physical Distancing*
Wounds and Injuries / epidemiology*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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