COVID-19, tourism and road traffic accidents: Evidence from Greece

IF 2.4 3区 工程技术 Q3 TRANSPORTATION
Andreas Psarras, Theodore Panagiotidis, Andreas Andronikidis
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AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the implementation of traffic and movement restrictions as governments were trying to limit the spread of the virus. Tourism has been affected by these travel restrictions. We examine the impact of curfews and the re-opening of borders on road traffic accidents. We investigate the effects of lockdown on motor vehicle collisions by analyzing recorded car accidents in 58 districts in Greece. We employ a difference-in-differences approach to compare motor vehicle collisions in 2020 with the previous five years. We reveal a decline in road traffic collisions during the curfew period (with 1617 fewer collisions). This is followed by an increase after the re-opening of borders (168 more vehicle collisions in tourist-popular areas despite the decline in tourist arrivals), compared to what would have been expected in the absence of the pandemic restrictions.Keywords: COVID-19vehicle collisionstourismdifference-in-differencesJEL CLASSIFICATION: R41Z32I18 Disclosure statementThe authors report there are no competing interests to declare.Notes1 See Adanu et al. (Citation2021), Barnes et al. (Citation2020), Brodeur et al. (Citation2021b), Doucette et al. (Citation2021), Liao and Lowry (Citation2021a), Lin et al. (Citation2020), Rudisill (Citation2021) and Qureshi et al. (Citation2020).2 See for instance Oguzoglu (Citation2020), Sekadakis et al. (Citation2021), Vandoros and Papailias (Citation2021) and Vandoros (Citation2022).3 Studies that employ DiD: Barnes et al. (Citation2020), Brodeur et al. (Citation2021b), Liao and Lowry (Citation2021b), Lin et al. (Citation2020), Oguzoglu (Citation2020) and Vandoros and Papailias (Citation2021). Studies that employ interrupted time series: Doucette et al. (Citation2021), Qureshi et al. (Citation2020), Vandoros (Citation2022).4 Section 5 provides graphic evidence of mobility reduction in Greece (see Figure 9).5 Data were sent via email from the Traffic Police on 07/02/2022.6 http://www.astynomia.gr7 http://archive.data.gov.gr/dataset/statistikh-epethrida8 https://covid19.apple.com/mobility
COVID-19、旅游业和道路交通事故:来自希腊的证据
随着各国政府试图限制病毒的传播,COVID-19大流行导致实施交通和行动限制。旅游业受到这些旅行限制的影响。我们研究了宵禁和重新开放边界对道路交通事故的影响。我们通过分析希腊58个地区记录的汽车事故,调查了封锁对机动车碰撞的影响。我们采用差异中的差异方法来比较2020年与前五年的机动车碰撞。我们发现宵禁期间道路交通事故有所减少(减少了1617起)。与没有大流行限制措施的情况相比,在重新开放边境后,交通事故有所增加(尽管游客人数有所下降,但在旅游热门地区,交通事故增加了168起)。关键词:covid -19车辆碰撞旅游差别化jel分类:R41Z32I18披露声明作者报告无利益冲突需要申报。注1参见Adanu等人(Citation2021)、Barnes等人(Citation2020)、Brodeur等人(Citation2021b)、Doucette等人(Citation2021)、Liao和Lowry (Citation2021a)、Lin等人(Citation2020)、Rudisill (Citation2021)和Qureshi等人(Citation2020)参见Oguzoglu (Citation2020), Sekadakis等人(Citation2021), Vandoros和Papailias (Citation2021)和Vandoros (Citation2022)使用DiD的研究:Barnes等人(Citation2020)、Brodeur等人(Citation2021b)、Liao和Lowry (Citation2021b)、Lin等人(Citation2020)、Oguzoglu (Citation2020)和Vandoros和Papailias (Citation2021)。3 .使用中断时间序列的研究:Doucette et al. (Citation2021), Qureshi et al. (Citation2020), Vandoros (Citation2022)第5节提供了希腊流动性下降的图形证据(见图9)数据由交警于2022.6年2月07日通过电子邮件发送http://www.astynomia.gr7 http://archive.data.gov.gr/dataset/statistikh-epethrida8 https://covid19.apple.com/mobility
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