Impact of daylight saving time on road traffic collision risk: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bills have been put forward in the UK and Republic of Ireland proposing a move to Central European Time (CET). Proponents argue that such a change will have benefits for road safety, with daylight being shifted from the morning, when collision risk is lower, to the evening, when risk is higher. Studies examining the impact of daylight saving time (DST) on road traffic collision risk can help inform the debate on the potential road safety benefits of a move to CET. The objective of this systematic review was to examine the impact of DST on collision risk.

Methods

Major electronic databases were searched, with no restrictions as to date of publication (the last search was performed in January 2017). Access to unpublished reports was requested through an internationa

SUBMITTER: Carey RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734262 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature