Quantifying the effects of traffic changes on road safety based on data from the pandemic period
Abstract
The restrictive measures taken during the pandemic period have led to changes in transportation habits and a decrease in road traffic worldwide and in our country. In parallel with the decrease in traffic, statistics show an improvement in road safety data.References
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