FILE PHOTO: A traffic highway sign on a usually busy interstate 5 freeway informs drivers to wash their hands due to the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in La Jolla, California, U.S., March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - Coronavirus lockdowns led to huge reductions in traffic and fewer car crashes this spring, but as drivers sped up on quieter roads, the collisions became deadlier in several cities, a Reuters analysis shows.
In New York City, the ratio of fatal crashes to all collisions rose 167% in April from a year ago. The increase was 292% in Chicago and 65% in Boston. Across the ocean, in Madrid, Spain, the rate of fatal collisions was 470% higher.
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