Sunday night’s Daylight Saving Time change could affect road safety

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA)—Daylight saving time starts this Sunday morning at 2 a.m., meaning you should set your clocks ahead one hour when you go to bed Saturday night. That loss of one hour’s sleep can have serious consequences.
A study by a doctoral student at the University of Colorado-Boulder found that fatal crashes increased by about six percent in the six days right after the spring time change when people lose sleep. The increase was 17 percent on the Monday right after the chan