There is an excellent article at businessinsurance.com discussing several studies analyzing the transition from daylight savings time back to standard time. While there is more of a correlation between transitioning to daylight savings time and a higher accident rate, it appears that the accident rates for pedestrian-auto accidents increase “in the two-hour period after local sunset in the weeks after the switch back to standard time, a result possibly largely attributable to the earlier onset of darkness.”
How serious of a risk? Starting in 1968, a section of England adopted “British Summer Time” all year long for a period of three years. Researchers found that an estimated 1100 fewer accidents occurred as a result of extended savings time. The Pedestrian Council of Australia claims the rates of fatal pedestrian accidents quadruple in the weeks following the return to standard time.
So, be careful out there in these first few days back to standard time!
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