Increased motor vehicle fatalities Tuesday through Thursday during the US Thanksgiving holiday (1980–2018)

Traffic crashes remain a leading cause of death in the United States; holidays are known to have increased travel and traffic fatalities. Our purpose was to determine which days during Thanksgiving had the highest crash fatality risk compared to non-holiday periods. Using time series and binomial ap...

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Main Authors: Kendra L. Ratnapradipa, Motao Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:Preventive Medicine Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335520302035