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To the Editor: Coren recently claimed (April 4 issue)¹ that returning to daylight saving time in the spring brings an increase in motor vehicle crashes.¹ The theory is that the loss of one hour of sleep when clocks are moved forward causes lapses of attention and thus increases the likelihood of crashes. The implication is that in the fall, when there is an additional hour of sleep, drivers will be more alert and less likely to crash.

However, evidence from more thorough analyses of crash data shows the reverse. A recent study found that an extra hour of daylight in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Daylight Savings Time and Traffic Accidents
Coren S.
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N Engl J Med 1996; 334:924-925, Apr 4, 1996. Correspondence

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