The COVID-19 pandemic influence on fatal car crashes and impaired driving in Arkansas
The increase in fatal car crashes during the pandemic may be attributed to the increase in impaired driving and decrease in restraint use. These findings highlight the need for public health interventions, such as sobriety checkpoints, public awareness campaigns, and strengthened enforcement to address impaired driving and promote restraint use.
Authors
- Sowmya Sivakumar
- Velimir Petrović
- Austin Porter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5636-5760)
- Kimberly H. McManama O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4744-3429)
- Stephen M. Bowman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3717-2063)
- Carly Eastin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6436-0222)
- Jerrilyn Jones
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- Arkansas Department of Health (US)
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Traffic Injury Prevention
- Published
- 2025-08-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2025.2541267
- Primary Topic
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00