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Alabama Traffic Quarantine Update: Week 17
It is Week 17 of the coronavirus pandemic, and total crash data is still showing a decline in Alabama. Overall, crashes have declined to around less than 40% of their pre-COVID-19 levels, INCLUDING speed-involved crashes. Fatal crashes are now increasing. View Graph
This report comes amid reports from other states indicating that their drivers are taking advantage of fewer vehicles on the road, as well as less enforcement, to increase their speeds. Thus, the drop in fatal crashes due to the decrease in traffic has NOT occurred for those states.
Total crashes in Alabama stayed consistent when compared to the number of COVID-19 cases in the state in Week 17. View Graph
Overall, crashes have shown higher numbers when fewer cases of COVID-19 were reported.
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Data analysis by Dr. Dave Brown using the CARE SAFETY portal. CARE processed data generously provided by ALEA.