Author, as appears in the article.: Saladié Ò; Bustamante E; Gutiérrez A

Department: Geografia

URV's Author/s: Gutiérrez Palomero, Aaron / Saladié Borraz, Òscar

Keywords: Traffic accidents Tarragona Lockdown Covid-19

Abstract: © 2020 The Authors This paper analyses the impact that the lockdown decreed by the Spanish Government to combat the spread of COVID-19 has had on traffic accidents in Tarragona province (Spain). During the studied period of the lockdown (March 16 - April 26 2020) the number of accidents per day fell by 74,3% in coparison with those in February 14-20 (reference week) and 76% in respect to the equivalent period in 2018-2019. This reduction of accidents has been higher than the decrease of mobility during the same reference period (62.9%). This suggests a multiplicative positive effect of traffic reduction on roads safety. Our findings provide new evidences of the disruptive effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on transportation and of how it could be used as a catalyst to promote more sustainable and secure transport systems.

Research group: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics

Thematic Areas: Urban studies Transportation Management science and operations research Geography, planning and development Environmental science (miscellaneous) Environmental science (all) Civil and structural engineering Automotive engineering

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 25901982

Author's mail: oscar.saladie@urv.cat aaron.gutierrez@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-7989-0717 0000-0003-0557-6319

Record's date: 2023-03-06

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198220301299?via%3Dihub

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 8 100218-100218

APA: Saladié Ò; Bustamante E; Gutiérrez A (2020). COVID-19 lockdown and reduction of traffic accidents in Tarragona province, Spain. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 8(), 100218-100218. DOI: 10.1016/j.trip.2020.100218

Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.trip.2020.100218

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

Publication Type: Journal Publications