Would ending clock changes make streets safer for people outside cars?

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Would Ending Seasonal Clock Changes Make Streets Safer for People Outside Cars?

Saturday night Halloween celebrations and a seasonal time change converged this year to create what some fear were uniquely dangerous conditions on US roads. But would ditching the clock change really have saved pedestrian and cyclist lives

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/11/02/would-ending-seasonal-clock-changes-make-streets-safer-for-people-outside-cars

A Halloween plus clock change weekend got people asking. Would love to see what the data says.

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@ana_ferreira

Evening darkness is a real hazard, but I'd want to know how much just shifts to morning school runs.

@owen_tracks

That's the exact trade-off. There's no free lunch with daylight, you only get to pick who has it.

@tobias_lind

As a teacher, the first week of dark afternoons always makes me nervous at pickup time.

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