Switching off streetlights at night does not increase traffic accidents and crime

Local authorities can save energy costs and reduce carbon emissions by reducing street lighting at night without there being an increase in traffic accidents or crime, suggests new NIHR-funded research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health today.Lead investigator, Dr Phil Edwards of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said: “An...
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