Initial impact of COVID-19’s stay-at-home order on motor vehicle traffic and crash patterns in Connecticut: an interrupted time series analysis

Mitchell L Doucette; Andrew Tucker; Marisa E Auguste; Amy Watkins; Christa Green; Flavia E Pereira; Kevin T Borrup; David Shapiro; Garry Lapidus

doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043945

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Initial impact of COVID-19’s stay-at-home order on motor vehicle traffic and crash patterns in Connecticut: an interrupted time series analysis

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Mitchell L Doucette Department of Health Science, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, Connecticut, USA Injury Prevention Center, Connecticut Children's and Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andrew Tucker Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marisa E Auguste Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Amy Watkins Injury Prevention Center, Connecticut Children's and Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christa Green Injury Prevention Center, Connecticut Children's and Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Flavia E Pereira Office of Highway Safety, Connecticut Department of Transportation, Newington, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kevin T Borrup Injury Prevention Center, Connecticut Children's and Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Shapiro Department of Surgery, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Garry Lapidus Injury Prevention Center, Connecticut Children's and Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Mitchell L Doucette, Department of Health Science, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT 06226, USA; doucettemi{at}easternct.edu

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Doucette ML, Tucker A, Auguste ME, et al

Initial impact of COVID-19’s stay-at-home order on motor vehicle traffic and crash patterns in Connecticut: an interrupted time series analysis

Injury Prevention 2021;27:3-9.

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Received August 4, 2020
Revised September 24, 2020
Accepted October 1, 2020
First published October 28, 2020.

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January 21, 2021

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