A study reveals that the fall time change is linked to a spike in deer-vehicle collisions in the U.S.
The autumnal switch from daylight saving time to standard time comes with a surge of deer-vehicle collisions in the U.S., a new study suggests. The researchers argue that sticking with DST, permanently, could reduce the number of accidents, sparing the lives of dozens of people and tens of thousands of deer annually.
Deer tend to be most active around dawn and dusk, but according to the collision data, the risk of crashes jumps most significantly just after nightfall. Collisions occurred 2.3 times more frequently in the two hours after sunset than in the two hours before sunrise, and crashes were 14 times more frequent after sunset compared with two hours before sunset.
"We believe that this fall spike really happens due to the overlap of these two factors: the breeding season and the change from daylight saving time back to standard time," Prugh said in the statement."We don't see a corresponding shift in deer-vehicle collisions in the spring during the other time change, and we believe that's in part because spring is not a breeding season for deer.
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