The effect of reduced street lighting on road casualties and crime in England and Wales: controlled interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many local authorities in England and Wales have reduced street lighting at night to save money and reduce carbon emissions. There is no evidence to date on whether these reductions impact on public health. We quantified the effect of 4 street lighting adaptation strategies (switch off, part-night lighting, dimming and white light) on casualties and crime in England and Wales.

Methods

Observational study based on analysis of geographically coded police data on road traffic collisions and crime in 62 local authorities. Conditional Poisson models were used to analyse longitudinal changes in the counts of night-time collisions occurring on affected roads during 2000-2013, and crime within census Middle Super Output Areas during 2010-2013. Effect estimates were adjust

SUBMITTER: Steinbach R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4680141 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature