Study Ties Time Shift, Pedestrian Deaths

November 3rd, 2007 in Medicine & Health / Other
Study Ties Time Shift, Pedestrian Deaths (AP)

An electric Time machinist prepares to remove the hands of an eight-foot clock in this March file photo in Medfield Mass. After clocks are turned back this weekend, pedestrians walking during the evening rush hour are nearly three times more likely to be struck and killed by cars than before the time change, two scientists calculate. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

(AP) -- After clocks are turned back this weekend, pedestrians walking during the evening rush hour are nearly three times more likely to be struck and killed by cars than before the time change, two scientists calculate. Ending daylight saving time translates into about 37 more U.S. pedestrian deaths around 6 p.m. in November compared to October, the researchers report.

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