{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,8]],"date-time":"2026-09-08T17:07:02Z","timestamp":1788887222209,"version":"build-2803163510"},"reference-count":29,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,11,1]],"date-time":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1793491200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,11,1]],"date-time":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1793491200000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,11,1]],"date-time":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1793491200000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-017"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,11,1]],"date-time":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1793491200000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-037"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,11,1]],"date-time":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1793491200000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-012"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,11,1]],"date-time":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1793491200000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-029"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,11,1]],"date-time":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1793491200000},"content-version":"stm-asf","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15223\/policy-004"}],"funder":[{"DOI":"10.13039\/501100001809","name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","id":[{"id":"10.13039\/501100001809","id-type":"DOI","asserted-by":"publisher"}]}],"content-domain":{"domain":["elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Accident Analysis & Prevention"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,11]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,31]],"date-time":"2026-08-31T06:58:57Z","timestamp":1788159537000},"page":"108719","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"special_numbering":"C","title":["Does daylight saving time increase traffic crashes? Seasonal confounding and a morning fatality effect"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"237","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8417-3528","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Da","family":"Lei","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yang","family":"Du","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5864-8163","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shouguo","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mingye","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b1","series-title":"Arizona revised statutes \u00a7 1-242: Standard time","author":"Arizona State Legislature","year":"1968"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S226","DOI":"10.1086\/379932","article-title":"Using mandated speed limits to measure the value of a statistical life","volume":"112","author":"Ashenfelter","year":"2004","journal-title":"J. Political Econ."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1305","DOI":"10.1037\/a0015320","article-title":"Changing to daylight saving time cuts into sleep and increases workplace injuries","volume":"94","author":"Barnes","year":"2009","journal-title":"J. Appl. Psychol."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2016-014319","article-title":"Impact of daylight saving time on road traffic collision risk: a systematic review","volume":"7","author":"Carey","year":"2017","journal-title":"BMJ Open"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"351","DOI":"10.1016\/S0001-4575(03)00015-0","article-title":"The effects of daylight and daylight saving time on US pedestrian fatalities and motor vehicle occupant fatalities","volume":"36","author":"Coate","year":"2004","journal-title":"Accid. Anal. Prev."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"924","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM199604043341416","article-title":"Daylight savings time and traffic accidents","volume":"334","author":"Coren","year":"1996","journal-title":"N. Engl. J. Med."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b7","first-page":"231","article-title":"Life and death in the fast lane: Police enforcement and traffic fatalities","volume":"6","author":"DeAngelo","year":"2014","journal-title":"Am. Econ. J.: Econ. Policy"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b8","series-title":"Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council discontinuing seasonal changes of time and repealing Directive 2000\/84\/EC","author":"European Commission","year":"2018"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b9","series-title":"Highway Statistics 2022, Table VM-2: Functional System Travel\u20142022 (Annual Vehicle-Miles)","author":"Federal Highway Administration","year":"2024"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Fritz, J., VoPham, T., Wright Jr., K.P., Vetter, C., A Chronobiological Evaluation of the Acute Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Traffic Accident Risk. Curr. Biology 30 (4), 729\u2013735.e2. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cub.2019.12.045.","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cub.2019.12.045"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"254","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jeconom.2021.03.014","article-title":"Difference-in-differences with variation in treatment timing","volume":"225","author":"Goodman-Bacon","year":"2021","journal-title":"Journal of Econometrics"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"533","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev-resource-121517-033306","article-title":"Regression discontinuity in time: Considerations for empirical applications","volume":"10","author":"Hausman","year":"2018","journal-title":"Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"64","DOI":"10.2466\/pms.1983.56.1.64","article-title":"Daylight saving-time changes increase traffic accidents","volume":"56","author":"Hicks","year":"1983","journal-title":"Percept. Mot. Skills"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1966","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMc0807104","article-title":"Shifts to and from daylight saving time and incidence of myocardial infarction","volume":"359","author":"Janszky","year":"2008","journal-title":"N. Engl. J. Med."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1155\/2010\/657167","article-title":"Daylight saving time transitions and road traffic accidents","volume":"2010","author":"Lahti","year":"2010","journal-title":"J. Environ. Public Health"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2192","DOI":"10.1002\/hec.4715","article-title":"Summertime and the drivin\u2019 is easy? daylight saving time and vehicle accidents","volume":"32","author":"Laliotis","year":"2023","journal-title":"Health Economics"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b17","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"65","DOI":"10.1016\/j.aap.2016.04.007","article-title":"Quantifying the causal effects of 20mph zones on road casualties in London via doubly robust estimation","volume":"93","author":"Li","year":"2016","journal-title":"Accid. Anal. Prev."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b18","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"792","DOI":"10.1177\/03611981221108396","article-title":"Relationship between daylight saving time and traffic crashes in Florida","volume":"2677","author":"Molina","year":"2022","journal-title":"Transp. Res. Rec."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b19","series-title":"Traffic Safety Facts 2022: A Compilation of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Data","author":"National Center for Statistics and Analysis","year":"2024"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b20","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e44","DOI":"10.1097\/EDE.0000000000000865","article-title":"Excess risk of fatal road traffic accidents on the day of daylight saving time change","volume":"29","author":"Prats-Uribe","year":"2018","journal-title":"Epidemiology"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b21","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1781","DOI":"10.5664\/jcsm.8780","article-title":"Daylight saving time: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement","volume":"16","author":"Rishi","year":"2020","journal-title":"J. Clin. Sleep Med."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b22","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"193","DOI":"10.1016\/j.aap.2017.11.029","article-title":"Accident rates and the impact of daylight saving time transitions","volume":"111","author":"Robb","year":"2018","journal-title":"Accid. Anal. Prev."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b23","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2218","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jeconom.2023.03.008","article-title":"What\u2019s trending in difference-in-differences? A synthesis of the recent econometrics literature","volume":"235","author":"Roth","year":"2023","journal-title":"J. Econometrics"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b24","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2021-054678","article-title":"Road traffic casualties in Great Britain at daylight savings time transitions: a causal regression discontinuity design analysis","volume":"12","author":"Singh","year":"2022","journal-title":"BMJ Open"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b25","first-page":"65","article-title":"Spring forward at your own risk: Daylight saving time and fatal vehicle crashes","volume":"8","author":"Smith","year":"2016","journal-title":"Am. Econ. J.: Appl. Econ."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b26","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"31","DOI":"10.1016\/S1389-9457(00)00032-0","article-title":"Fatal accidents following changes in daylight savings time: the American experience","volume":"2","author":"Varughese","year":"2001","journal-title":"Sleep Med."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b27","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"200","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jsr.2025.02.010","article-title":"Daylight saving time and fatal crashes: The impact of changing light conditions","volume":"93","author":"Woods","year":"2025","journal-title":"J. Saf. Res."},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b28","series-title":"Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2018"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719_b29","first-page":"94","article-title":"Assessing the safety effectiveness of citywide speed limit reduction: A causal inference approach integrating propensity score matching and spatial difference-in-differences","volume":"157","author":"Zhai","year":"2022","journal-title":"Transp. Res. Part A: Policy Pr."}],"container-title":["Accident Analysis & Prevention"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0001457526003283?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S0001457526003283?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,8]],"date-time":"2026-09-08T16:14:08Z","timestamp":1788884048000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S0001457526003283"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,11]]},"references-count":29,"alternative-id":["S0001457526003283"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719","relation":{},"ISSN":["0001-4575"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0001-4575","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,11]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"Does daylight saving time increase traffic crashes? Seasonal confounding and a morning fatality effect","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"Accident Analysis & Prevention","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.aap.2026.108719","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2026 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}],"article-number":"108719"}}